patpatpat, 19. November 2007 21:12:00 MEZ
Abt. the future's so bright - heute: 23andme
Eigentlich nur ein klitzekleines Addendum zur DNA-Profil-Geschichte: Hatte vergessen zu erwähnen, dass 23andme-Cogründerin Anne Wojcicki die 2,9 Millionen Euro Startkapital von ihrem Mann erhalten hat. Und der heisst Sergej Brin und ist einer der beiden Googlegründer.
Und der Artikel in der Sache bei der NYTimes von letzten Samstag ist wirklich sehr lesenswert! Die Schreiberin berichtet u.a. recht eindrücklich von ihrem Selbstversuch.

Offered the chance to be among the early testers, I agreed, but not without reservations. What if I learned I was likely to die young? Or that I might have passed on a rogue gene to my daughter? And more pragmatically, what if an insurance company or an employer used such information against me in the future?
But three weeks later, I was already somewhat addicted to the daily communion with my genes. (Recurring note to self: was this addiction genetic?)
For example, my hands hurt the other day. So naturally, I checked my DNA. Was this the first sign that I had inherited the arthritis that gnarled my paternal grandmother’s hard-working fingers? Logging onto my account at 23andMe, the start-up company that is now my genetic custodian, I typed my search into the "Genome Explorer" and hit return. I was, in essence, Googling my own DNA.