deCODEme disappoints, predicting diabetes, and more

deCODEme disappoints, predicting diabetes, and more

Some recent posts from VentureBeat Life Sciences that might be worth your time:

1) Two pieces (here and here) on the latest “personal genomics” service, deCODEme. VentureBeat finds it underpowered and badly implemented;

2) Pieces on cutting-edge diagnostic tests that aim to predict whether you’ll get diabetes… Continue Reading

deCODEme’s underwhelming personal-genomics service

deCODEme’s underwhelming personal-genomics service

(UPDATED: See below.)

Personal-genomics vendors like 23andMe and deCODEme, which promise to give ordinary individuals a peek at their genetic inheritance, have received a ton of press attention since they launched last November (not least of all from us — see here and here for starters). Unless… Continue Reading