https://scienceblogs.com/ en https://scienceblogs.com/digitalbio/2010/01/07/curious-about-personal-genomic <span>Curious about personal genomics?</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Blaine Bettinger has an absolutely wonderful post where he compares his results for type 2 diabetes from 23andMe and DeCODEme. </p> <p>I really liked <a href="http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2010/01/07/personalized-genomics-a-very-personal-post/">his post </a>and I appreciated the way he showed the data from the two companies and elaborated on their interpretation of his genotype and his risk. </p> <p>Interestingly, his story goes beyond a simple relationship, where one base changes, one amino acid changes, and voila! you've got the disease.</p> <p>Bettinger describes what happens when there are changes in multiple genes and how those changes can have a cumulative effect on evaluating the risk of developing a disease. </p> <p>H/T <a href="http://www.genomeweb.com/blog/understanding-his-risk">The Daily Scan</a></p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/sporte" lang="" about="/author/sporte" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">sporte</a></span> <span>Thu, 01/07/2010 - 07:11</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/genomics" hreflang="en">genomics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/recommended-reading" hreflang="en">recommended reading</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/science-education" hreflang="en">Science Education</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/23andme" hreflang="en">23andMe</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/decodeme" hreflang="en">decodeme</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/diabetes" hreflang="en">diabetes</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/personal-genomics" hreflang="en">personal genomics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/genomics" hreflang="en">genomics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/science-education" hreflang="en">Science Education</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1902885" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1263072013"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Thought you might find this additional information about the genetics of type 2 diabetes and available testing options useful: <a href="http://www.accessdna.com/condition/Diabetes/117">http://www.accessdna.com/condition/Diabetes/117</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1902885&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="jd9hVHQSHSNrg_iquDxQ1NLIJxflXwx2iuhZH13oOaQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.AccessDNA.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lee Essner (not verified)</a> on 09 Jan 2010 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/18278/feed#comment-1902885">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/digitalbio/2010/01/07/curious-about-personal-genomic%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:11:14 +0000 sporte 69906 at https://scienceblogs.com