Googling the Googlers\' DNA: A Demonstration of the 23andMe Personal Genome S...

Google Tech Talks
May, 7 2008

ABSTRACT

Introduced last November, the 23andMe Personal Genome Service offers customers a glimpse at their own DNA sequence, a 750-megabyte string of four characters (A, C, T and G) that functions as the operating system for a human being. Common variations in this code can influence the structure and function of the associated wetware in predictable ways. Some of these variations and their effects on traits such as athletic talent, pain sensitivity and avoidance of errors will be discussed in reference to three well-documented examples (Sergey Brin, Larry Page and Eric Schmidt).

Have questions? 23andMe will have their Ancestry and Gene Journal specialists handy to answer all levels of questions.

Want Your Own Genome? You can order it at the Spit Party for a significant discount (50% off)! Can't wait to spit? They will have kits available at the event for you to purchase and spit right there. If you happen to miss this party, the discount will be available for 24 hours after the event as well. You are encouraged to visit www.23andme.com, sign up for a demo account and take 23andMe for a test drive!

This talk will be taped.

Speaker: Linda Avey
Linda has over 20 years of sales and business development experience in the biopharmaceutical industry in San Francisco, Boston, San Diego, and Washington, D.C. Prior to starting 23andMe, she developed translational research collaborations with academic and pharmaceutical partners for Affymetrix and Perlegen Sciences. Linda also spent time at Spotfire helping scientists understand the power of data visualization and at Applied Biosystems during the early days of the human genome project. The advent of high density genome-wide scanning technologies brought huge potential for significant discoveries. However, the lack of sufficient funding to enable adequate studies prompted Linda to think of a new research model. These ideas led to the formation of 23andMe. Her primary interest is the acceleration of personalized medicine, using genetic profiles to target the right drug to the right person at the correct dose. Linda graduated from Augustana College with a B.A. in biology.

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[670Kiester]

Yes this is cool.

But, could this info also be used against regular people?.......Yes.

Therefore, it will be.

[BustDays]

this sucks

[AmericanDiaz]

"This is not from burning man", tells it all. Bunch of little neo nazis that like to go to the desert and take drugs and have orgies. I have little rich white acquaintances who gave me the inside scoop. I do not go and hang out with privileged brats who like to roll in mud wishing they had more melanin. Anyways it has been fun slamming Avey and Anne, two self abosrbed elitists who need to date more black men. "We think that we can change the world", yeah for rich white people, hahaha.

[AmericanDiaz]

You can stick your research studies into other populations up your eugenics, geno-obsessed psychotic butthole! Stick to studying your own white indo-euro, caucasoid race, leave the "sub races" alone. Stop cloaking your agenda in a medical forum acting as if you are concerned about disease. You only want to sell peoples information to a plethora of interested , corporations, government agencies, etc......I would advise people with too much time and money on their hands to do something productive

[AmericanDiaz]

Hitler would have loved this in his day. Studying ones DNA sequence should be a personal self discovery experience and not some kind of freakin dating service, facebook, type of social engineering. I do not need to know your personal history, it 's like ones medical information, personal and confidential!

If you know anything about Bernays, Darwin, Freud, Mengele, Sanger, Blavatsky, Kissinger, Rockfeller, and what they all have in common with Hitler then you damn know what I am talking about!

[edgeArchitect]

cool, but the product is still pretty expensive for the majority of people, which probably limits the amount of info which can be gathered. good stuff tho

[davidwizard2006]

cool

[fshabani80]

People... one day we must be sure that all of us are brothers and sisters. :) a point of similarity must be in us...

[dixonpete]

I've always wanted to be able to surf my DNA. Looks like it'll be possible a lot sooner and a lot cheaper than I ever imagined.

[DarkangaelBrokenwing]

Very Interesting information.