Nickname: gypsy

Review: I would really like to know how I can volunteer my DNA for gene mapping. I have like 18 different things in my blood and would like to see how many places share similar DNA with me. I'm sure that I have several continents in my bloodline.

Date reviewed: May 21, 2007 6:58 PM

Nickname: Eve

Review: Hey, I'm really intrested in this, are there any other sites that talk about this? Please post them here and I'll check back. Thanks, Eve

Date reviewed: Mar 6, 2006 7:07 PM

Nickname: Stu

Review: The standard genomic analysis techniques have produced very few useful therapies over the last 10 years. This looks like a real step forward. But then, there's always the mentality seen in the Wal-Mart memo talking about controlling costs by only hiring healthy people.

Date reviewed: Oct 28, 2005 4:28 PM

Nickname: John

Review: Gattaca was an over the top movie meant to instill fear in the hearts of everyone. One would need good reason to spend that much time and money on discrimination. The fact is that there is and always will be some variety of discrimination and we will always need to fight it. That does not mean we should fight science. If anything, this research should be pushed faster and our genetic makeup should be fixed where broken. Sperm and ovum sorting and gene therapy technologies can help each generation have fewer diseases and live happier, longer lives. The future is in our hands.

Date reviewed: Oct 28, 2005 7:17 AM

Nickname: Dan

Review: Federal legislation? Social Security was federal legislation. Maximum annual payment was under $100. Money collected was to be in a dedicated account, not used for anything else. Social Security numbers were only to be used for Social Security business. Compare that legislation to today.

Date reviewed: Oct 27, 2005 9:54 PM

Nickname: Don

Review: This was of course the next logical step after the first rough draft of the human genome. The Hapmap and subsequent progressions have huge positive implications for human health around the globe. This will in the long run also exacerbate the problems of overpopulation and all the environmental issues which go with that. We have a lot ahead of us.

Date reviewed: Oct 27, 2005 9:31 PM

Nickname: Judy

Review: Without government protection there is bound to be widespread discrimination in hiring and health care on the basis of DNA once areas of genetic predispositions are identified. The question that should be asked is, not when they will develop drugs to battle major diseases, but how will we be able to pay for them. What good does it do you to know there is a cure for cancer if you can't afford to pay for it. Talk about bitter pills.

Date reviewed: Oct 27, 2005 9:23 PM

Nickname: havaiisteve

Review: It is a "Brave new world!" Let us embrace it for the hope it offers, harness it with compassion and fairness, but proceed with our eyes wide open.

Date reviewed: Oct 27, 2005 5:52 PM

Nickname: bobbyt1234

Review: I read with interest the article. As I am a victim of Syndrome X, diabetes II, hypertension, and arthritis, I try to keep up with current research and possible cures for any of my conditions. My hypertension surfaced at age 28 (1970), my arthritis at age 48 (1990), and my diabetes at age 51 (1993). I now take medications for all three conditions. I will watch with interest the developments that occur.

Date reviewed: Oct 27, 2005 3:06 PM

Nickname: brent

Review: "The only adequate protection is federal legislation that would ban genetic discrimination," says Collins. Obviously Collins has not seen the movie. There was legislation to discriminate but many organizations had their own tacit rules.

Date reviewed: Oct 27, 2005 2:52 PM