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$999 For a Complete DNA Scan, Worth it? 451

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday December 03, 2007 @01:03PM from the something-to-think-about dept.

DoroSurfer writes "ZDNet is reporting that 23andme.com will open its doors on Monday, allowing you to send them a cheek swab and have your DNA analyzed for $999 (plus shipping, of course... ;)). So what's a thousand bucks buy you? They can tell you your ancient ancestry, They can tell you what diseases you're predisposed to, They give you a "Gene Explorer" that allows you to do a search in your genome to find out if you have a certain gene (e.g., you just heard on the news that Gene XYZ has been linked to Alzheimer's Disease)."

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I'll wait for the Chinese version (Score:5, Funny)

by UncleWilly ( 1128141 ) writes: <UncleWilly07@gmaSTRAWil.com minus berry> on Monday December 03, 2007 @01:06PM (#21561177)

$99.98
You come from monkeys

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In short no... (Score:5, Funny)

by explosivejared ( 1186049 ) writes: <[moc.liamg] [ta] [deraj.nagah]> on Monday December 03, 2007 @01:07PM (#21561199)

I'm a 6' 5" muscular, blonde, blue-eyed swede. I can tell pretty well what my DNA is, it's AWESOME, thank you! So no it's not worth a grand.

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Hmm (Score:5, Funny)

by moogied ( 1175879 ) writes: on Monday December 03, 2007 @01:08PM (#21561203)

Does it say what my metachlorian count is?
Need information yoda does.

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Only if... (Score:5, Funny)

by Billosaur ( 927319 ) * writes: <<wgrother> <at> <optonline.net>> on Monday December 03, 2007 @01:08PM (#21561205) Journal

...it reveals my latent mutant abilities. I'm personally hoping to find out I can generate fire.

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Misspelling (Score:5, Funny)

by Mesa MIke ( 1193721 ) writes: on Monday December 03, 2007 @01:10PM (#21561245) Homepage

> $999 For a Complete DNA Scan

The word is "scam", not
"scan".

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Re:In short no... (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday December 03, 2007 @01:12PM (#21561283)

my DNA is, it's AWESOME

I'll say! I just LOVE a strong, assertive woman!

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Re:This is so stupid.... (Score:3, Funny)

by NitroWolf ( 72977 ) writes: on Monday December 03, 2007 @01:14PM (#21561295)

I live a pretty healthy lifestyle as it is. And I know, based on family history what diseases I'm genetically predisposed. So, this service is worthless to me.

It sounds like you're the kind of guy this would be perfect for. Send it in, find out you've got some disease that's going to kill you when you're 45... well fuck that healthy lifestyle! Time to smoke, eat trans-fats, lots of red meat, hookers, high risk activities... all the good stuff!

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I'm waiting for the creationist model... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday December 03, 2007 @01:22PM (#21561425)

A low low low one time payment of $10,000 and a lifetime contract for tithings just to tell me that some invisible dude created me and my dna is immutable and just the same as adam's. It should be a huge success.

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Re:No. (Score:3, Funny)

by jim_redwagon ( 845837 ) writes: on Monday December 03, 2007 @01:28PM (#21561505) Journal

the most surprising thing i have read so far is that there are still movie theatres charging less than $10!!

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Re:Only if... (Score:2, Funny)

by jbeaupre ( 752124 ) writes: on Monday December 03, 2007 @02:05PM (#21561971)

What's your address? I'll send some matches. You'll no longer have to be cold and eat raw food.

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What happens if you scan a Creationist? (Score:3, Funny)

by jimicus ( 737525 ) writes: on Monday December 03, 2007 @02:16PM (#21562137)

Does the scan come back saying "You are a direct descendant of Adam"?

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Re:Beware health insurance implications (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday December 03, 2007 @02:21PM (#21562191)

Luckily, I'm able to anonymize this information through a process I call "lying."

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Re:Blatant Misuse of the English Language (Score:4, Funny)

by repvik ( 96666 ) writes: on Monday December 03, 2007 @02:24PM (#21562247)

For example, using "ironic" a lot,

Alanis Morisette. That damn "Ironic" song isn't even ironic. It is the damn Murphys law!

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Re:Blatant Misuse of the English Language (Score:3, Funny)

by Aedrin ( 1175509 ) writes: on Monday December 03, 2007 @02:29PM (#21562313)

Yeah, it would be nice to through a "; is it" in the place of that comma.

Do you mean throw?

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Re:So it's $1,000 for me... (Score:3, Funny)

by iONiUM ( 530420 ) writes: on Monday December 03, 2007 @02:37PM (#21562401) Journal

Send them your DNA instead. See what your breeds are.

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Re:Blatant Misuse of the English Language (Score:3, Funny)

by Inda ( 580031 ) writes: <slash.20.inda@spamgourmet.com> on Monday December 03, 2007 @02:43PM (#21562497) Journal

Funny as... I love it when one grammar Nazi corrects another.

Me? I wouldn't have used that colon. A comma would have done the job.

I does like proper English.

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Re:Beware early adopters (Score:3, Funny)

by Dan East ( 318230 ) writes: on Monday December 03, 2007 @02:49PM (#21562583) Journal

I'm going to wait for the full genome scan.

I know the real reason. You're just dying to include a checksum of your DNA in your sig.

Dan East

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Re:In short no... (Score:3, Funny)

by zippthorne ( 748122 ) writes: on Monday December 03, 2007 @03:10PM (#21562835) Journal

Oh, geez, not this meme again. The last time it was in vogue resulted in like 70 million deaths.

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Re:Beware early adopters (Score:2, Funny)

by Ziwcam ( 766621 ) writes: on Monday December 03, 2007 @05:34PM (#21564563)

Personally, I'd wait until some poor schmuck sues a genome company for violating his privacy and getting a billion dollars in damages before I get my genome sequenced.
I'd be willing to be this poor schmuck. I've always wanted to be a billionaire.

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Re:Recommended viewing (Score:3, Funny)

by Sanat ( 702 ) writes: on Monday December 03, 2007 @07:50PM (#21566049)

"You mean, if they detect penguin genes in your cells?"

Reminds me of the story of Tux the penguin who took his truck in to have it fixed.

He had to wait for the repair to be made so decided to grab a snack and ate some ice cream. Since penguins don't have hands he got some ice cream on his face while eating his snack.

He returned to the mechanic and asked what the mechanic found. The mechanic said "Looks like you blew a seal"

Tux said "No! it's ice cream."

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