Topic: DeCODE genetics Inc.

My 'non-human' DNA: a cautionary tale

New Scientist - 892 days ago
This is a strange question, but are you sure this is Homo sapiens? Instead, Blaine Bettinger, who blogs as The Genetic Genealogist, had been baffled by a DNA profile generated in error by deCODEme, a leading commercial "personal genomics" service provided by ...

How I felt when my hacked genome was read

New Scientist - 1045 days ago
Like some of the "early adopters" interviewed by New Scientist last year, I was left a little underwhelmed by two of the leading personal genomics services, 23andMe of Mountain View, California, and deCODEme of Reykjavik, Iceland. My deCODEme scan includes around 1 ...

Decode Me? Personal DNA Sleuthing on a Q-tip

Wall Street Journal Health Blog - 1493 days ago
James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA's double helix, and Craig Venter, who helped unravel the human genome, have copies of their own personal genomes. Now Iceland-based deCode Genetics is offering the rest of us the next best thing: "This is a service," Kari ...