13,000 Volunteer To Put Personal Genomes Online

Lucas123 writes "The Personal Genome Project, which opened itself up to the public on April 25, has to date signed up 13,000 of the target 100,000 volunteers needed to create the world's first publicly accessible genome database. Volunteers will go through a battery of written tests and then offer DNA samples from which their genetic code will be derived and then published to help scientists discover links between genes and hereditary traits. While the Personal Genome Project won't publish names, just about everything else will be made public, including photos and complete medical histories. Scientists hope to some day have millions of genomes in the database."

Comments

I once put my genome online

[BadAnalogyGuy]

I was surfing The Hun and accidentally put some of my genome on my keyboard.

Thank goodness for Purell and Kleenex.

Re:I once put my genome online

[rcamans]

You know, we all thank you for your selfless efforts to personally finance the Purell and Kleenex industries. We applaud your heroic efforts, and call upon you to greater heights of achievement.

Genome?

[Norsefire]

Is there a similar project for KayDE?

bit late

[LiquidCoooled]

its a bit late,

google images already says there are 286,000 pictures of gnomes already online.

http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=garden%20gnome Results 1 - 20 of about 286,000

Re:bit late

[castorvx]

... Results 1 - 20 of about 286,000

I decided to verify your research.

Results 1 - 20 of about 298,000

OH MY GOD THEY'RE MULTIPL-*CONNECTION LOST*

Re:bit late

[STFS]

I decided to verify your research.

Results 1 - 20 of about 298,000

OH MY GOD THEY'RE MULTIPL-*CONNECTION LOST*

I decided to verify as well and concur with your findings. 298,000 images of gnomes.

I also found that turning off the "safe search" feature resulted in a total of 305,000 images being found.

Can someone please tell me how I can get only those 7,000 additional images?!

I for one!

[Sigg3.net]

Am I the only one who read: 13,000 Volunteer To Put Personal Gnomes Online ??

Imagine an army of garden gnomes.. Well, I for one! Oh, forget it.

Re:I for one!

[ashtophoenix]

I knew this would happen from the start of this Personal Gnome Thing.

Names not needed

[Captain Spam]

While the Personal Genome Project won't publish names, just about everything else will be made public [...]

Why do we need the names? Just take the genome data and use it to concoct an unholy abomination, mocking the laws of God and man, making a soulless clone of the person in question, rousing the populace to chase you down with torches and pitchforks in an attempt to stop pure genius their pitifully small minds could never truly understand, and just ASK what his/her name is?