<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6002.18100" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>I would say it all depends on what you are looking for what is more valuable. There are other companies that do the same type of testing as 23andme but they cost far more and I'm not sure they offer anything more--although I can't speak from personal experience. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As for 23andme, they won Time Magazine's top award last year as the invention of the year.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The work they are doing with the early onset breast cancer community (BRCA 1 and 2 genes) and the Parkinson's community is invaluable. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 10/31/2009 4:01:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, scott@appletree.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>That TechCrunch article is surprisingly harsh on 23andme.  Seemingly the only 2 positive comments were with 23andme's genealogical benefits.  I wonder which is more valuable to consumers, 23andme's physical traits results or their ancestry/relationship finder tools?<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>