I think these companies (or at least deCODE) should offer its services FOR FREE TO ALL MEMBERS OF DNA NETWORKS. That would be cool. Let’s ask for that?

Sounds like an interesting experiment. At least we could take it for what it is. A neat technology with limited usefulness.
-Steve
http://www.thegenesherpa.blogspot.com

So let’s see if we got this straight. These companies are offering to have your genome sequenced for a high price but there are no trained professionals to interpret that information to the costumer? What is the difference between a blue print of ones genome and a blue print of a house that is not built? If a person doesn’t know how to build a house, then a blue print of their house is useless. If a person doesn’t know how to read their genetic information, then having a copy of their genome sequence is useless. For example, the customer notices that they are heterozygous for a gene that has been shown to have a correlation in the development of a disease. So the costumer thinks, am I going to get this disease or not? If the disease has a mendelian inheritance, MAYBE. If the disease is a complex disease, MAYBE.

I like the idea of getting my testing for free. At this point in genetic testing, I am not sure the tests are worth any more than that anyway…

i think free promotional test for these start-ups would be the best add and independent assessment of a service.

Geez. I’m gone for a few days and here you guys are groveling for free tests. LOL