Comments on: Not all genetic tests are created equal http://www.decodeyou.com/not_all_genetic_tests_are_created_equal/ Your Ancestry, Health and Genetic Testing Sun, 13 Jun 2010 04:34:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jim http://www.decodeyou.com/not_all_genetic_tests_are_created_equal/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Jim Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:56:46 +0000 http://decodeyou.com/?p=357#comment-94 Predicting likelihood of developing a disease is great, but when can consumers expect Decode to market tests for predicting drug safety and efficacy for treatments of various conditions? For instance, Myriad Genetics offers a test to predict toxicity to 5-FU capecitebine chemotherapy. Can we expect similar products from Decode to be rolled out in the not-too-distant future? Predicting likelihood of developing a disease is great, but when can consumers expect Decode to market tests for predicting drug safety and efficacy for treatments of various conditions? For instance, Myriad Genetics offers a test to predict toxicity to 5-FU capecitebine chemotherapy. Can we expect similar products from Decode to be rolled out in the not-too-distant future?

]]> By: kristleifur http://www.decodeyou.com/not_all_genetic_tests_are_created_equal/comment-page-1/#comment-91 kristleifur Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:39:56 +0000 http://decodeyou.com/?p=357#comment-91 Dear Leon Thank you for your email and your interest in our services. Regarding your question: “I am interested to know what is decodeme reaction to 23andme 70% reduction of test price ? ” deCODE is focused on providing the best, not the cheapest, personal genome scan and genetic tests for risk of common diseases on the market. Others may offer less for less, or less for more, or may simply not be focused on medical-quality testing at all, but our goal remains is to provide the best science, service and results available. We will continue to offer the 1million Illumina chip to our customers, thereby ensuring that we can continue to provide the most accurate and fastest updates to our customers as future discoveries are made. Most importantly deCODE will continue to offer what we believe is a product of unsurpassed quality and reliability by being in control of the whole process from discovery to result reporting and customer counselling. The impact on quality of our commitment to high-density genotyping and in-house sceintific leadership can be seen in a recent comparison of the deCODEme results to the 23andme results (see TIMES ONLINE on this blog) for same conditions. For example for breast cancer deCODEme looks at 8 genetic markers, while 23 and me uses just 2. More broadly, we believe that our scientists and statisticians, who discovered these and many other of the variants analyzed in deCODEme, are better qualified than anyone in the field for setting the analytical standards for the statistical calculations and significance validation of the deCODEme results. deCODEme is constantly looking out for ways to optimize the quality and reliability of our results. In contrast to many other companies, we seek to ensure that our services are certified by relevant regulatory bodies as fully accredited medical tests, so that our customers will be able to order through and review with their physicians if they wish to. For individuals, we are increasing our customer service and counselling services in line with the growing number customers and of medically relevant discoveries by deCODE that are being integrated into deCODEme. Indeed, in our blog post this week we underscore the fact that we aim to continue to offer the gold standard in testing for genetic risk factors for common diseases. As far as price goes, in this field as in so many others you get what you pay for. Kristleifur Kristjansson VP of Medical Affairs deCODE genetics Dear Leon

Thank you for your email and your interest in our services.

Regarding your question: “I am interested to know what is decodeme reaction to 23andme 70% reduction of test price ? ”

deCODE is focused on providing the best, not the cheapest, personal genome scan and genetic tests for risk of common diseases on the market. Others may offer less for less, or less for more, or may simply not be focused on medical-quality testing at all, but our goal remains is to provide the best science, service and results available.

We will continue to offer the 1million Illumina chip to our customers, thereby ensuring that we can continue to provide the most accurate and fastest updates to our customers as future discoveries are made. Most importantly deCODE will continue to offer what we believe is a product of unsurpassed quality and reliability by being in control of the whole process from discovery to result reporting and customer counselling.

The impact on quality of our commitment to high-density genotyping and in-house sceintific leadership can be seen in a recent comparison of the deCODEme results to the 23andme results (see TIMES ONLINE on this blog) for same conditions. For example for breast cancer deCODEme looks at 8 genetic markers, while 23 and me uses just 2. More broadly, we believe that our scientists and statisticians, who discovered these and many other of the variants analyzed in deCODEme, are better qualified than anyone in the field for setting the analytical standards for the statistical calculations and significance validation of the deCODEme results.

deCODEme is constantly looking out for ways to optimize the quality and reliability of our results. In contrast to many other companies, we seek to ensure that our services are certified by relevant regulatory bodies as fully accredited medical tests, so that our customers will be able to order through and review with their physicians if they wish to.

For individuals, we are increasing our customer service and counselling services in line with the growing number customers and of medically relevant discoveries by deCODE that are being integrated into deCODEme.

Indeed, in our blog post this week we underscore the fact that we aim to continue to offer the gold standard in testing for genetic risk factors for common diseases. As far as price goes, in this field as in so many others you get what you pay for.

Kristleifur Kristjansson
VP of Medical Affairs
deCODE genetics

]]> By: Leon http://www.decodeyou.com/not_all_genetic_tests_are_created_equal/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Leon Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:42:28 +0000 http://decodeyou.com/?p=357#comment-82 I am interested to know what is decodeme reaction to 23andme 70% reduction of test price ? Thank you. I am interested to know what is decodeme reaction to 23andme 70% reduction of test price ?
Thank you.

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