DISQUS

Buzzyeah: Help Me Decode My Genome by Christmas

  • tuftsmania · 2 years ago
    you should send them a different, similar bodily fluid. THAT would be jokezzz on the houseeeee
  • Andrew Meyer · 2 years ago
    Thanks everyone for the donations so far!
  • Save your Money · 2 years ago
    $999 are you kidding me??????????

    you get the same thing at www.genetree.com for $99-$149

    so I would say anything raised in excess of $99 should be refunded.

    plus they have a facebook social networking angle to it to.

    so everyone save their money.

    $999 is a rip off!
  • Andrew Meyer · 2 years ago
    If I'm not mistaken, I think Genetree is for tracking ancestry only. Kind of like that National Geographic migration project.
  • tuftsmania · 2 years ago
    you know, now that i think about it.


    i analyze DNA every day in the lab. nobody pays me 1g.
  • dustino · 2 years ago
    Hey, good luck with raising the money! I'm curious to know what it'll reveal for you. If I had the money I'd do it myself -- instead I'm donating $5.00 your way to see if it'd be worthwhile for me to do it in the future. Good luck and keep posting the progress. :)
  • Andrew Meyer · 2 years ago
    @Dustino

    Hey thanks Dustin. I'll definitely make your donation a good investment.
  • JYung · 2 years ago
    are you close to the $999 yet?
  • Andrew Meyer · 2 years ago
    @JYung

    Hey I have raised about $200 so far
  • Andrew Meyer · 2 years ago
  • Timothy · 2 years ago
    I love this idea! So much I wish I'd thought of it first. I'd donate, but I'm saving up to have my own genome decoded. Unfortunately, like many college students, I have no cash to spare. I think a lot of people want to do this but are having trouble getting over the $999 hurdle. Good luck!
  • Andrew Meyer · 2 years ago
    @Timothy

    Hey thanks man. If you start a campaign too we can donate to each other.
  • justin lam · 2 years ago
    this is pretty bad ass man
    hope you get good news in the report dog....crossing my fingers on alzheimers and parkinsons
  • Andrew Meyer · 2 years ago
    @justin

    thanks man. yeah i'm crossing my fingers too.
  • Bob · 1 year ago
    Very naive.
  • Adriano Squecco · 1 year ago
    Hi,
    I'm maintaining a public spreadsheet here:
    http://www.webalice.it/asquecco/Y_DNA-Forums.xls
    It contains also 23andME results (23andME folders).
    If you want me to add your results and your name to this spreadsheet, here are the instructions:
    http://daver.info/ysub
    Best regards,
    Adriano Squecco
    http://www.webalice.it/asquecco
  • montye · 6 months ago
    Although essentially a biography of Craig Venter, the book is more than this. It is an up-to-date account of the very latest developments in genomic science. The book is also one side of the somewhat accrimonious dispute regarding the ownership of the human genome.
  • montye · 6 months ago
    Perhaps I'm being unkind but Craig is one of those people whose every life experience somehow has to surpass those of anyone else, you know the sort, his story always tops yours, his anecdote is always the ultimate.
  • montye · 6 months ago
    23andMe plans to add more and more features as their service develops. I will be blogging about them as they appear.