Circle’s at-home DNA testing kit.

Reimagine Health with Circle’s At-Home DNA Tests

Jitesh Chhabria
Circle DNA
Published in
3 min readAug 13, 2018

--

At Circle, our core foundations are based on the belief that good health should be accessible and self-empowered. This is the belief that drives our teams across Hong Kong, London, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, and South Africa, to work tirelessly towards making our vision a reality.

Our mission is to give people the power to be in control of their own health.

Why Circle?

Because you are unique.

And that’s what genomics tells us. Genes define the colour of our eyes and hair. They also define characteristics we can’t easily observe. From the way our bodies metabolise nutrients, deal with toxins, or even react to different types of exercise, to our risk of developing hereditary conditions such as cancer or cardiovascular disease, our unique genetic profile can reveal a lot about our individual differences. Now, with Circle, you can discover powerful insights about your unique genetic makeup and empower yourself towards better health.

Easy to use cotton swab to collect DNA sample by rubbing your cheek.

One saliva swab for a lifetime of insights.

That’s all it takes. With our at-home DNA testing kits, you can easily collect your DNA sample and ship them back to our laboratory for analysis. Once your sample arrives, we follow strict international standards and protocols to process your sample and evaluate your results. And voilà! Just like that, your results are ready for you within 2–3 weeks of the sample arriving at our lab.

Our Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Lawrence Tzang, Ph.D. in our lab displaying our external validations and certifications.

Your safety and privacy first.

We test only the genes we need, and destroy your sample once our lab has completed the analysis. Your results are stored under an anonymised ID, and we will never share your personal information or your genetic results to any third party without your consent. Circle is committed to a strict data protection policy, so you can rest assured that your data is secure with our team.

Excited?

So are we! Soon, you will be able to unlock the genetic secrets about your diet & fitness needs, as well as your risks of developing hereditary conditions such as cancer. Our at-home testing kits will be available in Hong Kong and Singapore starting November 2018. Stay tuned on our Facebook, Instagram, and Medium pages for the latest updates!

Circle is brought to you by the team at Prenetics Limited. With over US $50m in investments from Alibaba and Ping An, Prenetics is one of the fastest growing genetic testing and digital healthcare companies, globally.

--

--

Jitesh Chhabria
Circle DNA

Product Leader at Appysport/Decathlon. Formerly Product Lead at CircleDNA. On a mission to help people lead happy, healthy, and fulfilling lives.