All I want for Christmas is …
Nov 18, 2008 Rantings
… is The Retail DNA Test.
What is it? Apparently, it is what Time calls:
“… a $399 saliva test that estimates your predisposition for more than 90 traits and conditions ranging from baldness to blindness. Although 23andMe isn’t the only company selling DNA tests to the public, it does the best job of making them accessible and affordable.”
Okay, so I don’t know the consequences of having such a test, and data, available so easily publicly but what caught me was that the device would be able estimate susceptibility from anything from Lactose Intolerance to Lou Gehrig’s disease, according to Truemors, where I first read about it.
This is because I am kind-of Lactose Intolerant - I spew *yes, gross I know* if I eat cheese or drink fresh milk but am okay buttering up my bread or having ice cream. This device might end the mystery once and for all.
Still, I thought it was kinda cool. The device was created by Google founder Sergey Brin’s wife Anne Wojcicki. That has nothing to do with anything, but how’s that for trivia of the day?
8.32am Malaysian time (+8 GMT)
Tags: 23andme, anna wojcicki, dna, lactose, sergey brin, Time, time magazine
