UT SAN DIEGO – Dec 2 – DNA analysis could play into whom to marry, whether to have children. 23andMe and Ancestry.com have been simplifying the genetic information they sell to the mass consumer. This month, GenePeeks plans to launch a service (cost $2K) that checks whether a particular woman is a good genetic match with a particular sperm donor. The service is already generating chatter on dating sites. In 2007, it cost $9M to sequence a person’s entire genome. Today, it's $5K.
by Gary Robbins
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23andme is no longer marketing its tests, courtesy of the FDA. I took the test years ago and it revealed some illnesses that I was more genetically susceptible to. It was good food for thought. It also helped me locate some distant relatives.
A couple of companies have tried genetic matching in the past. It’s very newsworthy, but the cost and conversion metrics fall down. It’s way way away from being commercially viable in the iDating space yet. Maybe in 10 years.
23andme is no longer marketing its tests, courtesy of the FDA. I took the test years ago and it revealed some illnesses that I was more genetically susceptible to. It was good food for thought. It also helped me locate some distant relatives.
A couple of companies have tried genetic matching in the past. It’s very newsworthy, but the cost and conversion metrics fall down. It’s way way away from being commercially viable in the iDating space yet. Maybe in 10 years.