$999 For a Complete DNA Scan, Worth it?

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday December 3, 2007 @05:03AM from the something-to-think-about dept.

DoroSurfer writes "ZDNet is reporting that 23andme.com will open its doors on Monday, allowing you to send them a cheek swab and have your DNA analyzed for $999 (plus shipping, of course... ;)). So what's a thousand bucks buy you? They can tell you your ancient ancestry, They can tell you what diseases you're predisposed to, They give you a "Gene Explorer" that allows you to do a search in your genome to find out if you have a certain gene (e.g., you just heard on the news that Gene XYZ has been linked to Alzheimer's Disease)."

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I'll wait for the Chinese version by UncleWilly · 2007-12-03 05:06 · Score: 5, Funny

$99.98
You come from monkeys
Hmm by moogied · 2007-12-03 05:08 · Score: 5, Funny

Does it say what my metachlorian count is?
Need information yoda does.

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Misspelling by Mesa+MIke · 2007-12-03 05:10 · Score: 5, Funny

> $999 For a Complete DNA Scan

The word is "scam", not
"scan".