DISQUS

"--" is automatically changed to an em dash in Wordpress -- that is quite possibly one of the best features I have ever seen in a program.

I wonder if Navigenics also uses Oragene for saliva collection... anyone know of any alternatives? I know that you can buy chemicals to treat swabs to allow indefinite storage at room temperature, but I suspect Oragene patented the idea of having such chemicals automatically released in a way transparent to the spitter.

J-Function: SSRIs may cause weight gain, but 5-HTP itself is a nutritional supplement with "supporting weight loss" as its indicated use.

Another dubious part is that they are making links between studies showing different HIV transmission results. Another interesting part in this story is that it seems like estrogen regrows foreskin-like skin in circumcised penises.

Here are some powerful statistics that a lot of people have not seen with regards to HIV transmission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV#Transmission

Steve: I don't disagree, but that is the logic the SNP services are using... we'll see how long it holds up.

The SNP services also can't offer these tests because they are too medically useful. They are too firmly established as medical tests to be sold as informational tests. So they can only sell newly discovered, not patented, tests which aren't as good as the older medical tests. If they give people actionable medical information, it becomes very difficult to argue that the test is for informational purposes only.

@Drew -- US society at least is not going to shift to allow something like birth licenses for the foreseeable future. Are there any solutions viable in the next 10 years?

Hey, Josh isn't an anarchist...

Josh: LSD can be derived from LSA

Jesus was a stoner, also. "Anointing" in oil has a psychedelic connotation.

http://hightimes.com/news/ht_admin/139

I'd like to see this one refuted, please, I will even accept Biblical evidence.

Anyone know the discoverer of THC-V? that's the best one...

Thanks for the comment, John. The joke here is that the technology described in our manbearpig post is very real. It can be done.

In the Wired piece on 23andme, it is mentioned that they have 20 people committed to buy a whole genome sequence at $250,000. So the other players are going to get there very quickly also.

+1 for the picture

>I think it’s clear that 23andMe and Navigenics have the most potential to gain broader appeal.

The real test will come when Big Pharma/Healthcare start getting into genomics. I wonder if they will partner with one of the upstarts or do it themselves.

But he's right, a theory is higher than facts... it takes a bunch of facts and puts them together.

Will be interesting to see how three companies offering essentially the same physical product will differentiate themselves.

Navigenics is selling an expensive unlimited genetic counseling service with the same genetic test as everyone else.

23andme has "social networking" features.

And deCODEme also exists.