Chris Dwan

Tag: genome

  • 23 and me continues to be late.

    Dear FDMTS,

    We wanted to acknowledge that you've been waiting longer than anticipated to receive your data from 23andMe. Our sincerest apologies for the delay; the laboratory analysis process typically takes 4-6 weeks, but we are experiencing a backlog that is resulting in longer than predicted processing times - up to about 10 weeks. We have taken several steps to expand our laboratory capacity and the efforts are yielding results now. You will be notified via email in the next few weeks as soon as your data are ready.

    We've recently added new content to our Personal Genome Service that we hope you'll enjoy. Thanks so much for your patience and for choosing to join the growing 23andMe community.

    Sincerely,
    The 23andMe Team

    Or, more loosely, “you weren’t at Davos, so you’re trivial to us.”

    I grow less enthralled.

  • 23 and me

    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.

  • Genome

    I understand that GATTACA.com promises “four to six weeks” to get my genome analysis done. However, I also know for a *fact* that I sent my spit by second day air, like, a billion days ago … and also that the machine only takes three days to run, max!

    Comeoncomeoncomeoncomeoncomeoncomeon!