In a recent post we used an analysis of Craig Venter’s genome to illustrate how much has yet to be learned about the relationship between genetic variation and health-related traits.

A new paper by Venter and colleagues at his Rockville, Maryland-based institute provides a prime example. Writing in the September issue of Clinical Phamacology & Therapeutics, [...]

Tags: Craig Venter, drug metabolism, James Watson, personal genomics, personalized health care

Sometimes our customers ask us about the accuracy of their 23andMe data. How certain are we that they really do have the genotypes we report?
The answer is, very certain. We typically claim that the genotyping technology we use reports the correct call for more than 99.9 percent of the approximately 580,000 single-letter DNA variations we [...]

Tags: 23andMe, Craig Venter, SNPs