Comments on: Genebase: DNA Comes To Social Networking http://profy.com/2008/03/08/genebase/ Internet news and commentary Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:54:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Larf http://profy.com/2008/03/08/genebase/#comment-368511 Larf Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:02:17 +0000 http://profy.com/2008/03/08/genebase/#comment-368511 The comment above regarding a link to Google Health may happen sooner that you think... In May 2007, Google invested US$3.9m in 23andMe, an emerging genetic biotechnology firm started by Anne Wojcicki, the wife of Google co-founder Sergy Brin. The comment above regarding a link to Google Health may happen sooner that you think…

In May 2007, Google invested US$3.9m in 23andMe, an emerging genetic biotechnology firm started by Anne Wojcicki, the wife of Google co-founder Sergy Brin.

]]> By: Jenn~* http://profy.com/2008/03/08/genebase/#comment-356971 Jenn~* Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:43:13 +0000 http://profy.com/2008/03/08/genebase/#comment-356971 I completely agree with the author. I am a member of Ancestry and I wouldn't dream of handing my "gene code" over to some freak in a lab coat. Do you know they can manufacture gene specific biological weapons as well??? My advise to everyone is don't do it. You WILL end up regretting it. If you haven't already seen the movie GATTACA and are considering handing over your dna. PLEASE watch it first, then reconsider :) I completely agree with the author. I am a member of Ancestry and I wouldn’t dream of handing my “gene code” over to some freak in a lab coat. Do you know they can manufacture gene specific biological weapons as well???

My advise to everyone is don’t do it. You WILL end up regretting it. If you haven’t already seen the movie GATTACA and are considering handing over your dna. PLEASE watch it first, then reconsider :)

]]> By: craig http://profy.com/2008/03/08/genebase/#comment-352781 craig Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:14:40 +0000 http://profy.com/2008/03/08/genebase/#comment-352781 actually, genebase is free... only the dna test part is not. my uncle is a genealogy buff and signed me up. he's got about a hundred names on his family tree going all the way back to the 1700's. it was pretty cool. he got his dna tested and found ppl w similar dna in bergen, norway, so it was pretty cool. our family does have a nordic connection, but we don't know anyone there, so that was pretty cool... he actually found a possible distant cousin up there, and i was able to hook up with them through the site. again... that was free, as was the family tree feature... everything was free, and there are privacy settings, just like facebook, etc. actually, facebook was the one that screwed me over when one of my girlfriends used it to find out about an ex i was still in touch with.. ouch!... well, thx to this, i'm headed off this summer to norway and have got some free lodging. so no complaints. i think just b/c we hear about "dna", ppl freak out, but as a biology student, really, everyone's got dna, so i don't know why ppl freak out like that. like your ssn or any other private info, just keep it private. and it's not like anyone's going to discriminate against me for my vikings roots, well, unless your ancestor was asterix or something... actually, genebase is free… only the dna test part is not. my uncle is a genealogy buff and signed me up. he’s got about a hundred names on his family tree going all the way back to the 1700’s. it was pretty cool. he got his dna tested and found ppl w similar dna in bergen, norway, so it was pretty cool. our family does have a nordic connection, but we don’t know anyone there, so that was pretty cool… he actually found a possible distant cousin up there, and i was able to hook up with them through the site. again… that was free, as was the family tree feature… everything was free, and there are privacy settings, just like facebook, etc. actually, facebook was the one that screwed me over when one of my girlfriends used it to find out about an ex i was still in touch with.. ouch!… well, thx to this, i’m headed off this summer to norway and have got some free lodging. so no complaints. i think just b/c we hear about “dna”, ppl freak out, but as a biology student, really, everyone’s got dna, so i don’t know why ppl freak out like that. like your ssn or any other private info, just keep it private. and it’s not like anyone’s going to discriminate against me for my vikings roots, well, unless your ancestor was asterix or something…

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