User:Tom Lincoln/Sandbox

23&Me Sergey Brin is the cofounder of Google whose father died of a genetically aggressive form of the disease which killed his father at a very young age which he also has and it will kill him young as things stand... 23and Me is a foundation that he has set up in an attempt to unravel the genetics in a positive way before it gets him. 23 represents the one where the agressive gene lies.

Other web sites are all misleading. At present a person gets a full profile for $ 25 if he/she have the disease, $ 125 if you don't. In any case, interested in Parkinsonism or not, it is a bargain way to eventually get a full genetic profile end to end. The present profile is not the whole genome, but Brill has begun with a large SNP on gene 23 and beyond and will extend it over time in batch as further portions become feasible.

Quote: After just one year, we're nearly halfway to our goal and we've already made several novel discoveries related to the genetics of Parkinson's disease. If everyone already participating can recruit just one additional person with Parkinson's, we will be in an even better position to make discoveries that are of value to you and your families.