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by devonEnlis 3899 days ago
I'm preparing a blog post on the differences between the old and new 23andMe reports, and how they compare to a raw data analysis with Enlis Genome Personal.

Here are the headline numbers-

Number of health-related traits reported: Old: 201 New: 36 RawData: 2109

Number of health-related variants reported: Old: 1283 New: 100 RawData: 13,537

I will also note that while they increased the price, they are still using the same genotyping chip that they released in December 2013

2 comments

Not speaking to the price, this makes sense. To achieve FDA approval, their reporting is much more conservative. That's probably for the best.
I'm not saying you're wrong but would you mind explaining why you think that's for the best?
Statistics and risk are meaningless when your name is attached to the report.

To go to the extreme, a 0.001% chance of genetic disease can drive a person to make emotional decisions.

Can you check if they still report tongue rolling as a Mendelian trait?