Five years ago, 23andMe sent me a home genetic testing kit. In case you haven't heard, the company lets users send a tube of saliva to a laboratory in exchange for a readout of their likely region of ancestry, and some soothsaying about higher probability health outcomes. I remember that the kit was packaged like a vintage iPod, sheathed in sunny primary colors—a nod to the company’s Silicon Valley roots—yet containing the future-is-here plastics and barcodes of the pharmaceutical industry, so as to be clinically convincing.
Two Nouns #10 – Quantum Blood
Two Nouns #10 – Quantum Blood
Two Nouns #10 – Quantum Blood
Five years ago, 23andMe sent me a home genetic testing kit. In case you haven't heard, the company lets users send a tube of saliva to a laboratory in exchange for a readout of their likely region of ancestry, and some soothsaying about higher probability health outcomes. I remember that the kit was packaged like a vintage iPod, sheathed in sunny primary colors—a nod to the company’s Silicon Valley roots—yet containing the future-is-here plastics and barcodes of the pharmaceutical industry, so as to be clinically convincing.