[...] 8, 2008 by shwu Add my voice to the many others who have already denounced DNA Dynasty, a company in Singapore that peddles “Genius [...]

Thanks, Hsien. We may not be able to shut down these fraudsters directly, but we can at least publicly shun them in the community and in the search engines.

[...] Hsien-Hsien Lei at Eye on DNA unveiled Singapore Company DNA Dynasty Will (Not) Tell Your Children’s Future. [...]

It worked for my kid. I think you’re just a sore loser Doc that you couldnt profit from the idea or be seen as the first to market the product successfully.

It could change the world and ensure that all parents discover the strengths in their child and channel it properly resulting in no child feeling that he is in capable or a failure.

Grow Up.. the point is to do whatever we can to make sure our future aka our children have a the brightest possible tomorrow and if that means something like DNA testing then whats wrong.

Maybe you should do proper research (www.23andme.com) and understand what amazing developments are happening.

Ms Hsien Hsien Lei, and you call yourself a “Doctor?” making iresponsible remarks like “will not and cannot’“kids (sic) innate talent” is via “DNA discovery.” …Your comments make Heavyweights like;
ROBERT PLOMIN, PhD
MRC Research Professor in Behavioral Genetics at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
Director of Social, Genetic & Development Psychiatry Center- “32% - 62% of a person’s Success is influenced by his/her Genetic makeup.”
IAN CRAIG, PhD
Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Research Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK
EPIDEMIOLOGY IN NEUROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

“It is increasingly clear that there are deep-seated psychological, personal; and behavioral traits that are established at birth and are unaffected by environment“ - Thomas J. Bouchard and Colleagues Minnesota Center for Twin and Adaptive Research

“In addition to those traits that are clearly genetic, and distinct conditions and diseases for which the genetic origins have been discovered, it appears that we all have many traits that are genetically influenced in complicated ways that are not yet understood”- Thomas J. Bouchard

“We can dissect the essence of schizophrenia, bipolarism and autism to find out how the brain doesn’t work. The essence of schizophrenia is the brain can’t function. You are seeing the essence of stupidity. The same systems tweaked slightly the other way will be the essence of intelligence. We can find out why some people can play piano better than others—just a better brain, you have to be bright to play Rachmaninoff. .” - James Watson (Need I tell you who he is?)

Genome-wide linkage scan for loci of musical aptitude in Finnish families: evidence for a major locus at 4q22
K Pulli1, K Karma2, R Norio3, P Sistonen4, H H H Göring5, I Järvelä1,6
1 Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland 2 Department of Music Education, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland 3 Department of Medical Genetics, Family Federation of Finland, Helsinki, Finland 4 Red Cross Finland Blood Service, Helsinki, Finland 5 Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, USA 6 Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland Correspondence to:Associate Professor I Järvelä, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki,
Conclusion: Our results show that there is a genetic contribution to musical aptitude that is likely to be regulated by several predisposing genes or variants. This implies that these rules have their basis in brain organisation rather than in culture. There’s so much more………

…Just in case you’re lost, Ms Hsien Hsien…you make all the above star researchers look like your students??????
Someone should sue you soon for making such inflammatory comments.
In the name of advancing Science, Ms Hsien, please do not ridicule your status anymore.

Keep it up, people. I’m sure DNA Dynasty loves the free publicity from such erudite and articulate people such as yourselves.

It’s funny that you posted this, since I was just thinking (and blogging) about the scientific misconceptions that can be propagated by science fiction. The idea that there is a simple genetic test for everything is high on my list of science that works in the movies but not real life.

So I wonder if DNA Dynasty ever tells parents that their child will be of below-average intelligence and has no aptitude for sports, music, or art. If they are trying to be successful fortune tellers, I suspect they always find something positive to say.

Okay, did you read the NY Times article on genetics yesterday?

I enjoyed it, and of course it agrees with you.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/magazine/11Genome-t.html?em