Comments on: Steven Pinker on Personal Genomics http://spittoon.23andme.com/2009/01/12/steven-pinker-on-personal-genomics/ A receptacle for genetic knowledge. Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:51:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: MattC http://spittoon.23andme.com/2009/01/12/steven-pinker-on-personal-genomics/comment-page-1/#comment-1457 MattC Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:03:54 +0000 http://spittoon.23andme.com/?p=2483#comment-1457 At the moment, we do not have a clinical or research report about Alzheimer's. Nor do we include raw data for the SNPs that can be used to determine or infer the the e4 allele of the gene APOE, which substantially increases a person's Alzheimer's risk. We do plan to put out a report on Alzheimer's in the near future. But before doing so, we want to ensure we have thoroughly analyzed the variations of the APOE e4 SNP and are confident in our ability to identify all possible genotypes at that SNP. At the moment, we do not have a clinical or research report about Alzheimer’s. Nor do we include raw data for the SNPs that can be used to determine or infer the the e4 allele of the gene APOE, which substantially increases a person’s Alzheimer’s risk. We do plan to put out a report on Alzheimer’s in the near future. But before doing so, we want to ensure we have thoroughly analyzed the variations of the APOE e4 SNP and are confident in our ability to identify all possible genotypes at that SNP.

]]> By: davis46 http://spittoon.23andme.com/2009/01/12/steven-pinker-on-personal-genomics/comment-page-1/#comment-1445 davis46 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:53:55 +0000 http://spittoon.23andme.com/?p=2483#comment-1445 Steven Pinker writes about his decision not to get the results for his alzheimer's testing. However, I do not see any reference on the 23andme site that testing is done here. Where is the genetic testing done for Alzheimer's disease as well as for dementia as a whole? Steven Pinker writes about his decision not to get the results for his alzheimer’s testing. However, I do not see any reference on the 23andme site that testing is done here. Where is the genetic testing done for Alzheimer’s disease as well as for dementia as a whole?

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