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Re: 23andme for only $99 today only

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Post by jacquesm »

thirdusername wrote: post #87
chronomex wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So do identical twins count for one person?

Identical twins don't have the same DNA. Random link of Google: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/health/11real.html

I think you misread the point GP is making he is suggesting that because identical twins have the same DNA (more so than other people says the article linked) according to my logic they must be the same person, whereas it is obvious they are not.

Of course they are not, but for 99.6% of humanity the rule that your DNA is (very) unique holds true, and for identical twins even if their DNA is even more similar it is not 100% the same.

Clones (which do not exist (yet, or at least, human clones)) are the other exception.

Re: 23andme for only $99 today only

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Post by ebiester »

starkfist wrote: post #33
kyro wrote: post #29

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So you discovered you were lactose intolerant after 30 years, and throughout those years, you've presumably been drinking milk. Don't you think you would've been just as fine growing old without knowing you couldn't break down lactose?

Lactose intolerance is not life threatening but knowing you have it can really increase your quality of life. It manifests itself as feeling bloated, having bad gas, and diarrhea. People who don't know they have it often assume that having the farts and feeling gross all the time is just a normal state of being. Women who have it often guess that it related to PMS. (My girlfriend was diagnosed with lactose intoleranc…

The same thing happened to me. Now, luckily I can handle small amounts of cheese, but I overload my body's buffers more quickly than most.

That's one of the things I'm most curious about -- am I genetically intolerant, or was I just drinking too much?

Re: 23andme for only $99 today only

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Post by BioGeek »

sunchild wrote: post #25

What's the deal with the freaky message about not being able to send spit tests from NY State? Can anyone explain that issue to me?

The health department of the stae of New York considers 23andMe’s genome scan to be a medical test that must be approved by regulators and ordered by a doctor.

A competing company, Navigenics, successfully applied to have its test licensed in New York. It has essentially put aside marketing to consumers, aiming instead at doctors. It is also courting corporations that might use the test as part of their employee wellness programs.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/20/business/20consumergenebar...

Re: 23andme for only $99 today only

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Post by jacquesm »

jjs wrote: post #82
jacquesm wrote: post #49

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But not with your name and address attached to them, as well as a fee to help in processing them.

When you mail a letter, do you lick the envelope?

I take it that was a rhetorical question?

In case it wasn't, the answer is 'yes', but I'd be somewhat surprised to learn that the recipient went through the trouble of retrieving my DNA from it, stores it in a database and sells the contents of that database, along with any personal information that I have voluntarily shared with them.

Re: 23andme for only $99 today only

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Post by araneae »

thirdusername wrote: post #87
chronomex wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So do identical twins count for one person?

Identical twins don't have the same DNA. Random link of Google: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/health/11real.html

True, but not every cell in your body has the same DNA either. Mutations happen with every cell replication.
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