deCODEme’s free migration offer expires on Feb 1
deCODEme says:
In December 2009 we introduced, for a limited time only, a service that enabled existing 23andMe customers to upload their data into deCODEme and thereby enjoy the best in personal genomics. This service has been well-received and we greatly appreciate all the positive and enthusiastic comments from our new users.
We now announce the closing [...]
23andMe one day sale on Nov 27
40% off on 3+ kits, 20% off on 2 kits, 10% off on 1 kit.
23andMe splits service…four days to get in at the old price
A post on 23andMe’s blog says:
Starting on Thursday November 19th , we will begin offering our service as two distinct products to better meet the needs of our customers: The 23andMe Ancestry Edition and The 23andMe Health Edition. If you are interested in both the ancestry and the health aspects of your genetics, you’ll have [...]
Family Tree DNA holiday sale
Family Tree DNA has a new Holiday Sale, as summarized at the U4 Haplogroup website. The FTDNA ordering page also has the holiday prices.
Hat tip to The Genetic Genealogist.
Illumina delivers its first commercial personal genome sequence
Quotes from a blog post on Genetic Future:
Sequencing giant Illumina has announced that it has delivered its first commercial personal genome sequence. The sequence was generated by the genome sequencing service launched by Illumina back in June, and was delivered in collaboration with new personal genomics company Pathway Genomics. Illumina’s genome sequencing service costs $48,000, [...]
Family Tree DNA discounts
Do you subscribe to the email newsletter Facts and Genes? If not, I recommenend subscribing here. You don’t have to be a FTDNA customer to subscribe, and the newsletter is filled with useful and interesting articles. Also, it lists FTDNA’s current discounts. I’ll list them here for folks who are not subscribed:
Deep Clade Sale – [...]
Over the counter DNA paternity test kits to go on sale in the UK
The kits will cost £30.
Quotes from the article:
Anyone aged over 16 will be able to walk in off the street and buy the kits at any one of up to 50 independent chemists around Britain.
The kits will include three mouth swab tests to be used on a mother, child and a man who might be [...]
Scientist sequences his own genome for $50,000
Story here.
Sure, it’s great if you have a lab handy, but for the rest of us, it’s not such big news, now that Knome is offering to sequence all your genes for as little as $19,500, and your entire genome for $99,500.
