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Renowned Geneticist Analyzes Consumer DNA Tests
pdragon04 sends in the hardly surprising news that direct-to-consumer genetic testing isn't predicting diseases as well as they claim. "...[Francis] Collins, who played a central role in the Human Genome Project and is rumored to be the next head of the National Institutes of Health, announced at the Consumer Genetics Conference in Boston last week that he had had his genome analyzed [using a made-up name] by the big three of direct-to-consumer genetic testing: 23andMe, Navigenics, and DecodeMe. Collins said that sequence-wise, the tests 'appear to be highly accurate': there were almost no differences in the genotype information generated in the three different analyses. But there were significant differences in the numbers of genetic variations used to calculate disease risk, as well as the final risk score. ... For example, one company used 5 single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs, to calculate risk for a particular disease, pronouncing Collins at low risk. Another used 10 SNPs, placing him at high risk, and the third used 15, concluding that he is at average risk."
>>Francis Collins also believes that Jesus rode dinosaurs.
I've actually read his book, and he actually is pro-evolution, and thinks Christians shouldn't tie their belief in God to belief in evolution.
So, in other words, you're completely fucking wrong, you idiot retard.
God bless.
And if they drop a couple of Gs in the sequencing, god only knows what kind of results you'll get back
They might also give results at the drop of an 'AT.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
And if you get it on the cheap, they might even give you results at the drop of a C.
Try not to take me more seriously than I take myself.
sequence-wise, the tests 'appear to be highly accurate': there were almost no differences in the genotype information
Almost no differences? Can't a difference in a single gene do pretty crazy things? Like your-gene-is-alenine-don't-worry-you'll-be-just-fine. That gene-is-a-glutamate-your-eyes-will-number-eight...
HAIL SATAN.
> Misinterpretation for personal benefit has really messed up organized religion.
And now it appears to be working on organized atheism, too...