A Midwestern Doctor on Nostr: This was why I never used 23andMe (and told everyone else not to as well). Given the ...
This was why I never used 23andMe (and told everyone else not to as well). Given the cost of DNA sequencing at the time 23andMe came out, the price they were charging for the tests was way too low, so it was likely their actual business was selling your personal genomic data.
https://bird.makeup/@jamesokeefeiii/1904292777719955725Published at
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