Flickr Comments on DNA

by Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei
Posted September 24, 2007 in DNA Fun

Last week I shared some interesting comments on DNA Direct inspired by the blue awning that fronts the office door at San Francisco’s Pier 9. Today, I’m sharing a 2005 photo of DNA Direct CEO Ryan Phelan’s karyotype from Esther Dyson’s Flickr photostream.

Emily Scott, Esther Dyson’s half-sister and practicing cardiologist, said:

Our kids were all karyotyped, so we know they are really what they appear to be.

Matt Sprolin aka Automatt:

Funny that this is based on what you see through the microscope. If only someone would produce a useful information display that could encapsulate at a glance what is known to science about a person’s karyotype. It could use sparklines and treemaps, and automatically update itself as research reveals new genotypic links.

Closer to star trek medicine– It could come to the consumer in the form of a credit-card sized display that automatically updates itself, that you carry in your wallet.

Matt, your fantasy may not be too far off…. iGene in your pocket!

NB: I work for DNA Direct as a genetic information specialist.

Tags: genetics, genes, dna, dna direct, karyotype, chromsomes, ryan phelan, flickr

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