When Are Genetic Health Tests Worth Taking?
November 28, 2019Investors in Illumina must be stoked about how things have been going so far for a company that commands a dominant… Read More
Genetics Testing
Centogene: Genetic Testing for Rare Diseases
November 4, 2019You probably don’t know much about rare diseases unless you’re one of the unfortunate few who are afflicted by one. Not everyone agrees upon how… Read More
9 Genomics Startups for Investors to Watch
October 8, 2019The history of direct-to-consumer genomics tests goes something like this. Genomics startups first started offering hereditary tests that required a DNA sample and everyone quickly… Read More
Are Dog DNA Tests Worth the Hype?
April 23, 2019It’s a dog-eat-dog world when it comes to DNA testing. We’ve seen it all over the last few years, from serious… Read More
9 Personal Trainer Apps for Getting Into Shape
March 16, 2019We’re well into 2019, which means most of us have already given up on our New Year’s resolution to get back into shape. That is… Read More
Can DNA Tests Predict Intelligence or IQ?
January 14, 2019With the emergence of big data and machine learning, we’re now able to do all kinds of things that we couldn’t do before. While genetic… Read More
How Your Polygenic Risk Score Can Predict Disease
January 7, 2019One of the most famous principles in classical philosophy (one of our MBAs double-majored in case the whole business degree didn’t… Read More
Genetic Testing for Hereditary Heart Disease
April 4, 2018“Consumer DNA Tests Are Wrong 40 Percent of the Time” said an article on Geek.com which was published on April Fool’s… Read More
Does DNA Dating Pass the Genetic Sniff Test?
March 14, 2018So, what’s in your genes? What might sound like a geeky, if not cheeky, pick-up line is a sign of our times. Apparently,… Read More
Hereditary Cancer Tests from Color Genomics
February 16, 2018It’s been a while since we’ve taken a look at the various “at home DNA tests” available from companies like 23andMe,… Read More