Comments on: Celebrity Genomes on DVD http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=celebrity-genomes-on-dvd Adding DNA to the Genealogist's Toolbox Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:01:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mindy Lansdale http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-4304 Mindy Lansdale Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:31:26 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/#comment-4304 ‘I’d hate the availability of genome sequencing to be based purely on money and fame,’ Professor Michael Ashburner, a geneticist at Cambridge University, told the journal Nature. ‘Just doing famous or very rich people is bloody tacky, actually.’

I totally agree w/this – unfortunately, these will be the only ones who can afford to have it done – or have the publicity juice that can bring more attention and bring the costs down.

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]]> By: Celebrity Blog http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-3759 Celebrity Blog Sat, 30 May 2009 00:10:54 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/#comment-3759 Nice blog :) I’ve been reading about this a lot recently, it’s becoming quite common

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]]> By: False Alarm: The Celebrity Meme : The Personal Genome http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-345 False Alarm: The Celebrity Meme : The Personal Genome Sat, 04 Aug 2007 08:49:11 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/#comment-345 [...] see Blaine’s comments from a while back on celebrity genomes, over at her blog The Genetic [...]

]]> By: Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D. http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:33:43 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/#comment-133 Janet,
There is a press release from Baylor that gives the site where Watson’s raw data is available.

]]> By: janet http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-132 janet Thu, 31 May 2007 19:44:06 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/#comment-132 great article, but i am seeking the dna sequence data on the internet 343 pm edt, and still cannot locate it. any suggestions.

]]> By: Keith Robison http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Keith Robison Tue, 29 May 2007 02:43:52 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/#comment-124 I always thought the genome project missed a financing opportunity by not auctioning off naming rights to various chromosomes in exchange for the funds to sequence them. Imagine the headlines: “A new disease gene was found halfway between Google and Microsoft on Chromosome 1…”

]]> By: Peter Suber, Open Access News http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Peter Suber, Open Access News Mon, 28 May 2007 20:32:36 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/#comment-122 [...] learned from The Genetic Genealogist that a bit more DNA sequence data will be coming our way since James Watson and 454 plan to make his genome publicly [...]

]]> By: Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D. http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D. Mon, 28 May 2007 15:42:23 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/#comment-121 Thank you Sandra, and I’m honored that it inspired you write about the topic! You’re right about Venter, although I’m still not sure how much of that sequence was his – I always see “largely” or “much of” as disclaimers.

I picture myself being handed a DVD containing my genome, and I would be so overwhelmed. Of course, I wouldn’t get all the ‘help’ that Watson will. I imagine that his information will be intensely mined over the course of the next few weeks – we’ll all know more about him then we probably want to!

Thank you for reading!

]]> By: Sandra Porter http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Sandra Porter Mon, 28 May 2007 14:04:32 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/#comment-120 BTW – James Watson won’t be the first. Craig Venter and his poodles beat Watson to the punch by a few years.

Also, your story inspired me to write about this too:
Open access vs. genetic privacy.

]]> By: Discovering Biology in a Digital World http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Discovering Biology in a Digital World Mon, 28 May 2007 14:02:19 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/27/celebrity-genomes-on-dvd/#comment-119 [...] from The Genetic Geneaologist that a bit more DNA sequence data will be coming our way since James Watson and 454 plan to make his genome publicly [...]

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