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This new site has not done a full throttle launch; however, the potential for this research based service is significant. Works something like this; company sends you a kit for a small price, you swab your mouth and send back a sample of your DNA. The company takes your sample and sequences your genome to gather information about your ancestory and family lineage. Someone explained it to me briefly... your DNA has a bunch of static information with about 10% relevant coding and the static information can be matched with your parents, grandparents... This company is probably 5 -10 years from going public, but keep it in the back of your minds because it is the real deal ( I found out about it from the VP of Genentec) and may be a great stock pick for the future. They are also hiring. 23andme.com



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bengigli More people with your information 0 Mar 21 2007, 9:30 PM EDT by bengigli
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Though this sounds pretty cool, and i have heard of a couple other companies that do something similar it raises a lot of spooky questions. One of the big upcoming legal battles will be whether or not insurance companies can base your insurance price on your genetic susceptibility to certain conditions, and whether this kind of testing would mandatory to get insurance. Even though you might never, ever have a heart attack and exercise every day of your life, you may still have to pay extra because you genetically a prone to them. Your genes could easily one day be as precious and secret as your PIN number, and this both excited me and gave me pause.
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