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I would no want to participate in personal DNA testing. Knowledge is not always power. I believe that personal DNA testing would reveal
too much information about a person, that could be used against them. Also, this test has many flaws and is sometimes misinterpreted. It claims to give you a probability of getting diseases but there are many factor that affect the probability  of getting a disease, not only the DNA. The only full proof way to now that you have a disease is from a doctor. 23andMe is also being restricted by the FDA, Foods and Drug Association. With all of these reasons it would not be wise to take this test.

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I would not participate in the DNA testing. Although personalized DNA testing has the potential to provide more efficient, personalized medical care, the current state it is in now is full of inaccuracy and doubt. The information is not exact, and I would not want to end up worrying about false positives of false negatives. Also, I have no interest in finding out about undiscovered relatives. Family is not about blood or DNA: it's about loving and caring for each other. Personally, I would not make much use of my genetic information because information from this company has been deemed inaccurate, and I don't care much about relatives I've never seen before. To me, what I'd get out of the DNA testing would not be worth $99.

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Learn more about your DNA. Share your knowledge with others.

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Creates more efficient, personalized medical care.

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Simple and easy testing. Spit-and-send.

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I would not participate in this DNA testing for several reasons. First of all, the many controversies surrounding privacy issues and accuracy lead me to mistrust the 23andme company. If I am misinformed, I do not trust myself not to overreact, or even if I am given the correct information. I also do not want to spend $99 for the ability to learn about my diseases, when it is possible that I will not learn anything or only one or two things. The lifestyle changes offered can also be reached through common sense or by visiting a doctor. Finally, I have little to no interest in my heritage, mainly because I have been told about it by my parents, and there is no reason for me to go looking for my distant relatives. Now that 23andme only offers this service, along with the raw genetic data, there is no reason for me to have my DNA genetically tested by 23andme.

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Create a family tree and learn about your ancestry.

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Helps researchers uncover more information about diseases and how they can be prevented.

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Was never approved by the FDA

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I don not wish to participate in the DNA testing from the 23andme company because there has been

a lot of controversies according to the recent articles and newsletters from the internet this month.

It is affordable to pay $99 to know your future health conditions and disease just by analyzing the saliva sample.

The benefits of buying this product would let you know how your body is functioning and teach you how much percentages

you have comparing it to the average person's percentage on certain conditions. You could test your DNA to find your ancestors,

or someone with similar DNA genes as you. For a couple, they could get tested for health conditions before they have a child. However,

there are also negatives values. If one is informed with the false analysis on their genes, they would live the rest of their lives with anxiety

of when they are going to die. For others, there has been many complaints of misleading ads and misuse of medical devices within the system.

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Only a probability of getting disease

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Does not factor in environmental factors

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Find unknown relatives.

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Possible inaccuracy or may be incorrect.

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Get updates impacting your industry from our GigaOm Research Community

California-based 23andMe, already in the midst of a regulatory firestorm with the FDA, is being targeted by a class action lawsuit that claims its ads are misleading, and that the results of its $99 genetic test are "not supported by any scientific evidence."

In a complaint filed last week, San Diego resident Lisa Casey claims she paid for 23andMe's services, and received results by email, after learning of the home-based saliva test via TV and online ads. Now, days after the FDA issued a stinging letter that ordered the company to stop its marketing, Casey seeks to represent the "ten or hundreds of thousands" of others across America who paid for the product.

According to the complaint, which seeks at least $5 million under various California state laws, 23andMe makes false and misleading claims about the tests' ability to provide relevant genetic information about breast cancer, diabetes, lactose intolerance and various other conditions.

23andMe, which is currently in discussions with the FDA, is still in the process of pulling down its commercials, which depict people standing next to pictures of their genetic profiles and saying things like "This part makes my eyes blue" and "I might have an increased risk of heart disease."

The company, which is run by Anne Wojcicki, wife of Google founder Sergey Brin, has been at the center of controversy since last week when the FDA issued a letter saying that 23andMe had been marketing medical devices without permission, and that its practices could lead to health risks like unnecessary mastectomies.

Some medical experts have defended the company, telling the New York Times "Is the only pathway for me to get access to the contents of my cells via some guy in a white coat?"

23andMe declined to comment on the lawsuit. You can read the complaint for yourself below:
Casey v 23andMe
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The complaint was spotted by Law360 (sub req'd).

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23andMe hit with class action over "misleading" genetic ads

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Get updates impacting your industry from our GigaOm Research Community California-based 23andMe, already in the midst of a regulatory firestorm with the FDA, is being targeted by a class action lawsuit that claims its ads are misleading, and that the results of its $99 genetic test are "not supported by any scientific evidence."

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Personal information can be used by advertising company

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$99 for possibly only one or two pieces of important information

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Can cause bad practice with inaccurate results

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No longer provides health-related genetic tests, just ancestry and raw data

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23andMe violates federal laws set by the FDA

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Not enough information to prove the tests are accurate

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Is not constantly supervised by doctors

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Can be shared with insurance companies to be used against you or to get you to buy the prouct