Personal DNA testing
23andMe: I'd heard about this company a while ago, but now it's available to Canadians. Basically you:
- spit,
- send the saliva to California,
- pay $999 for them to sequence parts of your genome,
- get a report telling you:
- all the terrible diseases you're likely to contract,
- whether the computer thinks that its likely that you're an idiot, and
- whether or not you're likely to win the Boston marathon anytime soon, and
- debate the privacy implications of a company having your genetic profile on file
Step E is the one that I'm wondering about. The CBC has more details on this company.