Getting the most from 23andMe

Genomics finding a competitive place online

US biotech company 23andMe has been offering a personal-genomics-by-post test for several years.
US biotech company 23andMe has been offering a personal-genomics-by-post test for several years.

US biotech company 23andMe has been offering a personal-genomics-by-post test for several years now but newcomers may notice that the offering has changed considerably. It used to be the case that your swab of saliva yielded data on health risks such as susceptibility to type 2 diabetes or traits like earwax type. Since November 2013, following a FDA ruling, new customers receive information on ancestry only, as well as their raw genetic data. The good news is that there are plenty of third party tools for analysing this data. Athletigen, for example, generates a free athletic profile, providing information on factors like: power, endurance, recovery time and susceptibility to injury.

https://www.athletigen.com/

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