23andMe Unveils 23andWe

by Andrew Meyer on May 29, 2008

23andMe just sent out an email announcing the launch of 23andWe. Awwwww another cute name.

23andwe email

The concept behind 23andWe is pretty simple: They provide me with easy, fun questions in survey form and I get to see how my answers compare to the rest of the 23andMe community. At the same time, 23andMe is correlating my answers to my genetic data (which they think will lead to a new way of doing genetic research).

Here is a question from one of the surveys:

23andwe survey question

Here is one of my answers compared to results from the rest of the 23andMe community:

23andwe survey results

All in all, the surveys are a breeze and I can see myself doing plenty more of them in the future. Plus, there’s the added bonus that I might be helping progress genetic research in some tiny way.

Update: I guess 23andWe was launched at D6 today. You can read about the demo over at the D6 blog or watch the video below:



Tagged as: 23andme, 23andwe, genetic research

  • 23and me is making big waves but I don't think their customer market is big enough. People will use it for fun but when you talk about asking them to pay, it's a separate matter altogether.
  • Ben
    Well, it is a new way to do research. Might be interesting or atleast fun.
  • SEO
    i tried and found my left thumb over right n i guess mostly have left too....
  • This is really interesting. I just checked it in my office... I found equal ratio for clapping thumbs.. hehe, though I'm with he left thumb people. I would really be interested in knowing the outcome.
  • Cool. I realized that most people all have their left thumb over their right. In fact my whole family of 5 does that!
  • What a nice name for a Genetics company.
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