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Your Genome Scanned While You Wait

Posted by michael on from the report-for-termination,-citizen dept.

dotc writes "A Wired reporter has his DNA scanned for disease predispositions. While we all knew this was coming soon, it's still a little strange to read the first-person account."

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  1. Terrible article by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 0, Troll

    I started trying to read it. It reads like some boring work of fiction laden with irrelevant details such as the fact the sun was setting! What are the key relevant facts in that article?

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  2. Re:Gattica by f97tosc · · Score: 0, Troll

    Normally I wouldn't correct spelling. But it's "GATTACA". Get it? Guanine, Adenosine, Thymine, Cytosine.

    No, I don't get it. I mean, thanks for pointing out the correct spelling, but you can't fix the error by remembering the nucleotides. How does Thymine and Cytosine make it so that it should be an 'a', rather than an 'i', between 't' and 'c'?

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