Data from the Coriell Institute's Personalized Medicine Collaborative is starting to dribble out, writes John Fossella at Genes to Brains to Mental Health. So far, Fossella has seen results on five risk variants for five different diseases and says that they line up with the data he received from 23andMe, except for one variant that 23andMe doesn't test.
In other genetic testing news, 23andMe is offering free genome scans, a total of 4,500, to participants in the Palo Alto Senior Games where all athletes are over the age of 50, says Daniel MacArthur at Genetic Future. "Basically, 23andMe is looking for the genetic secrets to a healthy, active old age, and they're willing to spend a hefty chunk of money to get it," he writes.