Did you know that 65% of the Human population has a reduced ability to digest lactose after infancy? Inversely, only about 5% of people in Northern European descent are lactose intolerant. But when you look at the Chinese population, over 90% are lactose intolerant. How can this be? It’s because of the LCT/MCM6 gene — […]
Please be aware that since genetic data is sensitive personal information, we do not recommend downloading your raw data files on public computers or uploading to third-party sites that are untrustworthy. Genetic data is valuable, so many third parties will store your genetic data so they can profit from it. This data is their most […]
Company Pros Cons 23andMe The most mtDNA SNPs The most Y SNPs Good for Y & mtDNA ancestry Good for health variants Proprietary variants A lot of miscalls Not as good as Whole Genome Sequencing AncestryDNA The most X SNPs The most clinical (Clinvar) SNPs The most drug response SNPs The best for both ancestry […]
Updated: 5/08/2020 One of the first things most people think about when it comes to genetic testing is privacy. These concerns are even more important when it comes to Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS), because unlike consumer genotyping (which only contains a tiny fraction of your DNA), Whole Genome Sequencing contains all of your DNA. We’ll […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. It’s the time of the year you get to enjoy festivities and holiday cheer with friends and family. It’s a time of year where you get to both give and receive. It may be this way for some, but let’s get real. Christmas can be tough. Some […]
If you’ve been genotyped by 23andMe, AncestryDNA, MyHeritage, Family Tree DNA (FTDNA), or Living DNA you may believe you had all of your DNA sequenced. What if you learned that 23andMe only genotypes around 0.02% of your DNA? Whole genome sequencing gives you over 4,000 times more data and over 900 times more known genetic […]
We’re at the time where interest in consumer genotyping is bottoming out. The technology is getting dated and the market is in a lull. But fortunately, Whole Genome Sequencing is getting ready to replace genotyping. And the year 2020 could be the beginning of the end for consumer genotyping companies like 23andMe, AncestryDNA, MyHeritage DNA […]
Throughout the last year or so, we’ve been developing GenVue Discovery. GenVue Discovery allows anyone to browse all clinically relevant variants in a genome in 2 minutes or less. Our goal is to keep this product free, but for it to stay free, we rely on donations from the community. As the founder of Genetic […]
We hear a lot about vitamins and minerals such as B12, folate, magnesium, vitamin C, and so on, but there seems very little talk these days on the importance of dietary lecithin and choline. Are you consuming an adequate amount of acetylcholine, or other phospholipids? The odds are that you are not. A little bit […]
Managing stress with relaxation techniques such as meditation, yoga, or biofeedback are things we sometimes ignore when facing a chronic illness. After all, how much can these relaxation techniques really help? I know that question goes through my mind at times. Even though practicing relaxation techniques can feel like a waste of time, practicing them […]