Showing posts with label 23andMe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 23andMe. Show all posts
Thursday, May 6, 2010
23andMe - Sample Received
I got an email this morning notifying me that 23andMe has received my spit sample. There probably won't be any updates on this for a while, but in approximately 6-8 weeks, I will probably have my mind blown. That is all.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
23andMe, continued
I came home for lunch the other day, and found a lovely little package from 23andMe on my doorstep.
I knew the time had come for my saliva sample, but since you have to avoid eating or drinking for 30 minutes before you do it, I decided to wait until I got home from work. Lucky you though, you don't have to wait for my photojournalistic recap. Because It. Starts. Right. Now.
Yes, folks, that is a test tube fitted with a little spit funnel. And yes, I made sure to provide enough saliva to meet the fill line.
When you close the lid on the spit funnel thing, it releases a magical liquid that turns your saliva into mystical genetic-revealing ooze. Ok, just kidding. Maybe it's just some sort of clear liquid and I have no idea what it does. But it's supposed to be there. Anyway, you remove the funnel and replace it with the "small cap" (it was a pretty average-sized cap, if you ask me). Then you shake. For 5 seconds. It didn't say to shake vigorously, but really, is there any other way to shake?
Once your spit-magical-liquid is nice and bubbly, you put it in the Specimen Bag. Because it is now officially a Specimen. Requiring a Bag. The bag has a little piece of tissue that says "keep in bag", though I have no idea why. The bag is also labeled "biohazard", which I can only take to mean that the liquid in the funnel lid is somehow hazardous, cause y'all know my saliva is pretty standard issue. Maybe you didn't know that. Maybe this has been way too much information about my spit. Oh well; it's my blog.
After you take your now-biohazardous saliva and place it in the aforementioned Specimen Bag, you place said bag in the postage pre-paid return envelope. It's tiny and padded and kind of adorable, if I'm being completely honest. Seal the envelope and drop it in the mail and you're all done!
The whole thing from opening the box to sealing the envelope took about 5 minutes. It was kind of fun, and I can't wait to get my results!
Did anyone out there get a test of their own? Have you done something similar in the past? Are you madly, insanely jealous and hoping that next year on DNA Day, they offer the same deal?
I thought so. :)
I knew the time had come for my saliva sample, but since you have to avoid eating or drinking for 30 minutes before you do it, I decided to wait until I got home from work. Lucky you though, you don't have to wait for my photojournalistic recap. Because It. Starts. Right. Now.
When you close the lid on the spit funnel thing, it releases a magical liquid that turns your saliva into mystical genetic-revealing ooze. Ok, just kidding. Maybe it's just some sort of clear liquid and I have no idea what it does. But it's supposed to be there. Anyway, you remove the funnel and replace it with the "small cap" (it was a pretty average-sized cap, if you ask me). Then you shake. For 5 seconds. It didn't say to shake vigorously, but really, is there any other way to shake?
Once your spit-magical-liquid is nice and bubbly, you put it in the Specimen Bag. Because it is now officially a Specimen. Requiring a Bag. The bag has a little piece of tissue that says "keep in bag", though I have no idea why. The bag is also labeled "biohazard", which I can only take to mean that the liquid in the funnel lid is somehow hazardous, cause y'all know my saliva is pretty standard issue. Maybe you didn't know that. Maybe this has been way too much information about my spit. Oh well; it's my blog.
After you take your now-biohazardous saliva and place it in the aforementioned Specimen Bag, you place said bag in the postage pre-paid return envelope. It's tiny and padded and kind of adorable, if I'm being completely honest. Seal the envelope and drop it in the mail and you're all done!
The whole thing from opening the box to sealing the envelope took about 5 minutes. It was kind of fun, and I can't wait to get my results!
Did anyone out there get a test of their own? Have you done something similar in the past? Are you madly, insanely jealous and hoping that next year on DNA Day, they offer the same deal?
I thought so. :)
Friday, April 23, 2010
It's DNA Day! Special offer from 23 and Me (4/23/10 only)
Apparently today is DNA Day, and in honor of this special holiday, the Genetics/Ancestry testing company 23 and Me (founded by the wife of Google founder Sergey Brin) is offering a crazy ridiculous deal on their services. I was thinking about getting my DNA tested before, but I couldn't justify the hefty pricetag...with this deal, I might just do it.
They are offering their Complete Edition (includes both the Ancestry and Health Editions) for $99.00 - regularly priced at $499! That's a $400 savings, people! It's not like I have an extra $99 lying around, but this is something I have been interested in doing ever since I heard about it a few years ago...and something I'd be willing to spend $99 on, I think.
Go to https://www.23andme.com/store/ for more information (limit 10 per person; offer only good TODAY, April 23rd, 2010, in honor of DNA day).
What do you think? Will you be buying?
UPDATE: 5:25pm, the sale has ended, I bought mine. I was still on the fence, and saw this tweet from 23andMe and realized I didn't want to miss out. Thank goodness they started following me, and that I followed them back, or I wouldn't have made it! I'll post an update about this whole genome thing when I get my saliva kit ;-)
They are offering their Complete Edition (includes both the Ancestry and Health Editions) for $99.00 - regularly priced at $499! That's a $400 savings, people! It's not like I have an extra $99 lying around, but this is something I have been interested in doing ever since I heard about it a few years ago...and something I'd be willing to spend $99 on, I think.
Go to https://www.23andme.com/store/ for more information (limit 10 per person; offer only good TODAY, April 23rd, 2010, in honor of DNA day).
What do you think? Will you be buying?
UPDATE: 5:25pm, the sale has ended, I bought mine. I was still on the fence, and saw this tweet from 23andMe and realized I didn't want to miss out. Thank goodness they started following me, and that I followed them back, or I wouldn't have made it! I'll post an update about this whole genome thing when I get my saliva kit ;-)
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