A New Company will read your Genome for $1000

[BlackEleven]

Anyone else have the movie Gattaca pop into mind while reading through this?

If you've never seen it, btw, watch it. Fantastic film.

[Knut]

To me the most exciting aspect of this is potentially being able to tailor make a drug for someone..... you can make a custom drug that will solve the problem with little in the way of side effects.

[Neeper]

I think I might do this. $1000 isn't much when it comes to something like this. Knowing what I should do and avoid to live longer for $1000 is worth it.

[Thor]

I contributed the Icelandic genome project done by DeCode. Basically the medical history of Icelanders combined with a long long accurate history of its people; throw in the genes and hopefully it leads to some beneficial drugs, treatments which would be offered free to the Icelanders.

There was a fair bit of controversy over it, but within Iceland most people liked the idea of this project.

I just wonder if DeCode would give me an analysis of my genetic code since they have it.

[Flashpoint]

If nobody buys this product does it confirm the saying "ignorance is bliss"?

I can't wait to have it done. Knowledge is power, and power is choice.

[Flames09]

If I got it done and found out something that I couldn't change I would drive myself mad, if I was single I probably wouldn't ever be able to settle down and have children, it would change my life to the point where it wouldn't even be worth living. Sure your outcome on life would be different but seriously if you found out that you were going to die at the age of 50 you could go do some ridiculous things, but never really feel at ease, and I would feel like a ticking time bomb. The idea of not knowing and living every day life as it could be your last is fine by me.