23 and Me

This is so cool and I really want it.  It’s called 23andme and it’s Time Magazine’s “Invention of the Year.”  In short, you purchase a kit for $399 (it’s a little pricey but this is down from $1000 late last year)  Once you receive the kit you spit into the tube provided and mail it back.  Within 4-6 weeks you can go online and check out your results.   It will give you a report on any diseases that you are predisposed to, inherited traits and antecstreal data - I need this!

Here is an article from Tech Crunch where the author tried this.  

This is being added to our wish lists - Jeff wants one too!

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Comments

cool in theory- but honestly, I don’t think I want to know… ignorance is bliss!

Can’t you guys just spit in the same tube and then any kids you have will just not know which parent had the genes for the disease/trait?

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