Stanford, U.C. Berkeley Offer Students Genetic Testing 104
cappp writes with this snippet from Scientific American: "This week Berkeley will mail saliva sample kits to every incoming freshman and transfer student. Students can choose to use the kits to submit their DNA for genetic analysis, as part of an orientation program on the topic of personalized medicine. But U.C. Berkeley isn't the only university offering its students genetic testing. Stanford University's summer session started two weeks ago, including a class on personal genomics that gives medical and graduate students the chance to sequence their genotypes and study the results."
Have some fun with this! (Score:5, Funny)
Every student sample dog saliva!!
How long until it's part of admissions? (Score:4, Funny)
We'll need your SAT scores, two letters of recommendation, and a DNA sample.
Re:Have some fun with this! (Score:4, Funny)
"It says here you are predisposed to sniffing your own butt?"
It's a drug-- I mean, throat culture (Score:1, Funny)
Of course U.C. Berkeley would offer incoming students a Salvia sample kit.
Re:Have some fun with this! (Score:3, Funny)
The good news is you have a healthy shiny coat, the bad news... worms.
that's what college is for (Score:5, Funny)
submitting dna samples
usually to your fellow students
Re:to lazy to create account (Score:3, Funny)
Re:UC Berkeley data breech - be advised (Score:3, Funny)
were victims of a data breech
They were victims of data coming out of a system backward? Or did you mean they were victims of a pair of short pants made out of data?
Either way, sounds nasty.
Re:Your own kit (Score:3, Funny)
Which eventually will be rolled into a new Google service called "G-nome". :)
Re:that's what college is for (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Have some fun with this! (Score:4, Funny)
you're being silly.
what they should do is sample as many species as possible, except for human. I wonder if the test will say "species unknown" or "many many animals".
or: human DNA combined with ape DNA. "well, to tell you the truth, I'm the first one in my family to go to college and walk fully upright".
Re:Your own kit (Score:3, Funny)
You don't think I'm sending those p3nis enlargement emails to everyone, do you?