So, 23 and me has still not completed my genome analysis. I verified with them that yes, they’ve received my tube of spit and, yes, I really do have to wait the 4 to 6 weeks for the results.
I find myself wondering what I’ll do when I get the data. Here’s my preliminary list:
1) Check that it looks like me. I know myself pretty well, and if the results come back indicating that I’m a Chinese woman … well … I might have to call customer service.
2) Download my raw data.
3) Chunk through it with promethease and snpedia. See what filters to the surface.
4) Explore their interface a little bit.
5) Look up my risk factors for what I think of as the Big Three – the three most popular ways for my ancestors to die. I’m pretty confident I already know the answers to these … but it would be reassuring to see it in cold hard numbers.
6) Think some more about what to do next. Probably some kind PubMed script or something.
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