No way, pens are way better. I'm on #teampen
Both, it lists risks (which is things like obesity, diabetes, etc) and inherited conditions. but I'm not seeing anything (in my results anyway) about renal cell carcinoma.
Oh trust me, the same thought went through my head
I think part of it is that it's just gotten cheaper over time, but they do use you (anonymized) information for certain research https://www.23andme.com/about/privacy/
Well, I mean, I can only talk with one of my grandmothers, and on one side of my family both grandparents died really young, so we've never really known what might carry over from that side, where they were really from, etc.
I'm not entirely certain actually—but the ancestry stuff seems to work pretty okay with 23andme regardless of ethnicity, it's mostly the health risks that aren't as well quantified.
You get results for a massive amount of diseases, here's the full list: https://www.23andme.com/health/all/
You can actually set a keyboard shortcut for it in the options.
Dear Lifehacker,
I'm considering getting my DNA tested through a service like 23andMe or DNA Traits, but I'm not really sure I want to learn that much about myself. What can I expect from these genetic tests, and are they worth it?
I'm still pretty mixed on this—on one hand, it's cool and I found out some interesting stuff. On the other, I don't think I really learned anything useful. What do you guys think?
