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	<title>Comments on: DNA Testing Companies - DNA Services of America and Salugen</title>
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		<title>By: Brian Meshkin</title>
		<link>http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/05/21/dna-testing-companies-dna-services-of-america-and-salugen/#comment-2992</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian Meshkin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Hsien - I apologize for anything that I said in my response that was rude.  I look forward to your interview.  Sincere regards, Brian.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Hsien - I apologize for anything that I said in my response that was rude.  I look forward to your interview.  Sincere regards, Brian.</p>
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		<title>By: Hsien</title>
		<link>http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/05/21/dna-testing-companies-dna-services-of-america-and-salugen/#comment-2615</link>
		<dc:creator>Hsien</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>May I also add that you made your share of typos in your comments but I won't be pointing them out as they're not germane to the discussion at hand.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>May I also add that you made your share of typos in your comments but I won&#8217;t be pointing them out as they&#8217;re not germane to the discussion at hand.</p>
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		<title>By: Hsien</title>
		<link>http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/05/21/dna-testing-companies-dna-services-of-america-and-salugen/#comment-2614</link>
		<dc:creator>Hsien</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Brian, There's no need to be rude about a typo. I did have every intention of conducting an interview with you but not if it's hostile. You are, however, welcome to state your "facts" here as often as you'd like.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brian, There&#8217;s no need to be rude about a typo. I did have every intention of conducting an interview with you but not if it&#8217;s hostile. You are, however, welcome to state your &#8220;facts&#8221; here as often as you&#8217;d like.</p>
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		<title>By: Brian Meshkin</title>
		<link>http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/05/21/dna-testing-companies-dna-services-of-america-and-salugen/#comment-2613</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian Meshkin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Peggy and Hsien - 

I would like to reply to your suggestion "Did you catch this part? It make me laugh... Only 6,000? Why not 8,000?"

Despite the poor grammar and the hyperbole, you actually raise a great question.  The text you are referring to actually applies to our SpaGen product.  The questionnaire and DNA analysis, supported by 6,000 evidence-based rules, was developed and is supervised by board-licensed physicians and pharmacists.  It has passed due diligence with Caremark - the nation's largest pharmacy-benefits manager who is responsible for most prescriptions dispensed in the United States - over 1 billion annually.  They current intend to use it to guide the nutritional supplementation of their 96,000 full-time employees.  And Caremark is exploring other options for the questionnaire as well.  It may make you laugh, or even Peggy, but your laughter is based more on your opinion rather than the facts.  Rather than opinion, the facts about Salugen make the nation's largest and most credible company dispensing prescriptions take note and actually use our SpaGen questionnaire to guide nutritional supplementation in a scientific, evidence-based fashion.

So, I know I asked for an interview opportunity before, figuring that you would interested in the facts.  I hope that you are still interested in facts, instead of inaccurate grammar and ridiculous hyperbole and conjecture that is not based upon evidence.

I hope you do not consider this a "bash", as Salugen does not need to bash as we are based upon evidence. But I was wondering if your statement could be considered so? Thanks for the chance to respond.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Peggy and Hsien - </p>
<p>I would like to reply to your suggestion &#8220;Did you catch this part? It make me laugh&#8230; Only 6,000? Why not 8,000?&#8221;</p>
<p>Despite the poor grammar and the hyperbole, you actually raise a great question.  The text you are referring to actually applies to our SpaGen product.  The questionnaire and DNA analysis, supported by 6,000 evidence-based rules, was developed and is supervised by board-licensed physicians and pharmacists.  It has passed due diligence with Caremark - the nation&#8217;s largest pharmacy-benefits manager who is responsible for most prescriptions dispensed in the United States - over 1 billion annually.  They current intend to use it to guide the nutritional supplementation of their 96,000 full-time employees.  And Caremark is exploring other options for the questionnaire as well.  It may make you laugh, or even Peggy, but your laughter is based more on your opinion rather than the facts.  Rather than opinion, the facts about Salugen make the nation&#8217;s largest and most credible company dispensing prescriptions take note and actually use our SpaGen questionnaire to guide nutritional supplementation in a scientific, evidence-based fashion.</p>
<p>So, I know I asked for an interview opportunity before, figuring that you would interested in the facts.  I hope that you are still interested in facts, instead of inaccurate grammar and ridiculous hyperbole and conjecture that is not based upon evidence.</p>
<p>I hope you do not consider this a &#8220;bash&#8221;, as Salugen does not need to bash as we are based upon evidence. But I was wondering if your statement could be considered so? Thanks for the chance to respond.</p>
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		<title>By: Hsien</title>
		<link>http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/05/21/dna-testing-companies-dna-services-of-america-and-salugen/#comment-1663</link>
		<dc:creator>Hsien</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Tiffany,

Thanks for your comment. You stated that if a person does not have one of the markers included in the Salugen test then s/he would not have a "genetic problem." I'm not sure what your background is in genetics, but it is highly likely that more than five gene variants are involved in the etiology of obesity. 

And may I say that it is probably &lt;i&gt;fortunate&lt;/i&gt; rather than unfortunate if a person's obesity is caused more by environment than by genes. Lifestyle factors and other environmental contributions are far easier to manipulate than genes at this point in time.

I'm glad you are so confident in Salugen and DNASOA. I'll be interviewing Salugen CEO Brian Meshkin soon and will be in touch to see if anyone at DNASOA would do an interview with me as well.

Thanks again,
Hsien</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Tiffany,</p>
<p>Thanks for your comment. You stated that if a person does not have one of the markers included in the Salugen test then s/he would not have a &#8220;genetic problem.&#8221; I&#8217;m not sure what your background is in genetics, but it is highly likely that more than five gene variants are involved in the etiology of obesity. </p>
<p>And may I say that it is probably <i>fortunate</i> rather than unfortunate if a person&#8217;s obesity is caused more by environment than by genes. Lifestyle factors and other environmental contributions are far easier to manipulate than genes at this point in time.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m glad you are so confident in Salugen and DNASOA. I&#8217;ll be interviewing Salugen CEO Brian Meshkin soon and will be in touch to see if anyone at DNASOA would do an interview with me as well.</p>
<p>Thanks again,<br />
Hsien</p>
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		<title>By: Tiffany</title>
		<link>http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/05/21/dna-testing-companies-dna-services-of-america-and-salugen/#comment-1662</link>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am a new employee of DNA Services of America, and I can already tell you that there is no company with greater ethics.  The Salugen/DNASOA partnership would have been achieved through workings from both sides.  I know the upper management of DNASOA would never allow the partnership if Salugen was going to do anything unethical or shady.

They are testing for 5 different genetic markers that may give you a propensity toward obesity.  If you do not have one of the markers, unfortunately, it is not a genetic problem that you are suffering from.  Therefore, Salugen and DNASOA would not have anything to offer.

DNASOA is a relatively new company, and we are still trying to build new relationships, and offices in wider areas.  They would never create a relationship that would jeopardize the future of the company.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a new employee of DNA Services of America, and I can already tell you that there is no company with greater ethics.  The Salugen/DNASOA partnership would have been achieved through workings from both sides.  I know the upper management of DNASOA would never allow the partnership if Salugen was going to do anything unethical or shady.</p>
<p>They are testing for 5 different genetic markers that may give you a propensity toward obesity.  If you do not have one of the markers, unfortunately, it is not a genetic problem that you are suffering from.  Therefore, Salugen and DNASOA would not have anything to offer.</p>
<p>DNASOA is a relatively new company, and we are still trying to build new relationships, and offices in wider areas.  They would never create a relationship that would jeopardize the future of the company.</p>
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		<title>By: Eye on DNA Links - May 29, 2007 &#8212; Eye on DNA</title>
		<link>http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/05/21/dna-testing-companies-dna-services-of-america-and-salugen/#comment-457</link>
		<dc:creator>Eye on DNA Links - May 29, 2007 &#8212; Eye on DNA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 09:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] at From Medskool is hosting this week&#8217;s Memorial Day issue of Grand Rounds and included my analysis of the partnership between DNA Services of America and Salugen. (Colin also made the clever sketch you see above and there&#8217;s more at Grand [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] at From Medskool is hosting this week&#8217;s Memorial Day issue of Grand Rounds and included my analysis of the partnership between DNA Services of America and Salugen. (Colin also made the clever sketch you see above and there&#8217;s more at Grand [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Autism Vox &#187; A Blood Test, Bioscience, and a Business Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/05/21/dna-testing-companies-dna-services-of-america-and-salugen/#comment-380</link>
		<dc:creator>Autism Vox &#187; A Blood Test, Bioscience, and a Business Plan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 01:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] out there for genetic tests, and my friend Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei reviews some of these tests on Eye on DNA. The tests in particular are offered by DNA Services of America, which has recently partnered with [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] out there for genetic tests, and my friend Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei reviews some of these tests on Eye on DNA. The tests in particular are offered by DNA Services of America, which has recently partnered with [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Hsien</title>
		<link>http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/05/21/dna-testing-companies-dna-services-of-america-and-salugen/#comment-360</link>
		<dc:creator>Hsien</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 22:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Peggy, Did you catch this part? It make me laugh.

&lt;blockquote&gt;By applying 6000 evidence-based rules to information collected from a health and wellness profile, as well as the results of your genetic test, we are able to create a one-of-a-kind supplement to promote overall tissue, organ, skeletal and systemic wellness.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Only 6,000? Why not 8,000? :D

Watch them come bash me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Peggy, Did you catch this part? It make me laugh.</p>
<blockquote><p>By applying 6000 evidence-based rules to information collected from a health and wellness profile, as well as the results of your genetic test, we are able to create a one-of-a-kind supplement to promote overall tissue, organ, skeletal and systemic wellness.</p></blockquote>
<p>Only 6,000? Why not 8,000? <img src='http://www.eyeondna.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Watch them come bash me.</p>
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		<title>By: Peggy</title>
		<link>http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/05/21/dna-testing-companies-dna-services-of-america-and-salugen/#comment-350</link>
		<dc:creator>Peggy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 19:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maybe I'm just a cynic, but I'd bet that for every person who gets their DNA profiled, Salugen will have the "perfect" nutritional supplement (if you read their &lt;a href="http://www.salugen.com/products.html"&gt;product page&lt;/a&gt;, they make it sound as if they are testing for known metabolic disorders that would affect a relatively small number of people). I'm skeptical that this has any basis in real science, and makes DNA Services sound shady by association.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe I&#8217;m just a cynic, but I&#8217;d bet that for every person who gets their DNA profiled, Salugen will have the &#8220;perfect&#8221; nutritional supplement (if you read their <a href="http://www.salugen.com/products.html">product page</a>, they make it sound as if they are testing for known metabolic disorders that would affect a relatively small number of people). I&#8217;m skeptical that this has any basis in real science, and makes DNA Services sound shady by association.</p>
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