Saliva divination: was it good for you?
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University (where I received my doctorate back in the early Cenozoic) are studying the experiences of persons who have undergone commercial genome scanning. I am a participant in this study and I can assure you it didn’t hurt a bit…at least not so far. The schpiel:
Have you used the services of 23andMe, deCODEme, and Navigenics, or Knome?
If so, we want to hear about your experiences!Early adopters of Direct to Consumer Genome Scans, researchers at Case Western Reserve University want to talk with YOU!
We’re currently conducting in-depth interviews with early-adopter/consumers of such tests to learn more about an individual’s decision to use Direct-to-Consumer genome scanning, and what s/he understands to be the benefits and risks of this technology, both for individuals and society. Our interview questions will address how the participant learned of whole genome scanning services, why s/he was interested in trying the technology, how s/he feels about the results, what’s been done with the results, and if and how s/he has used the results to inform individual healthcare decisions.
To learn more about participating in this study, please contact Marcie Lambrix via at 216-368-8753 or via email at mal31@case.edu
I work as an Assistant Professor in the Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (although this site and its content are my own).
In 2007 I became the fourth subject in Harvard geneticist George Church's Personal Genome Project. As the PGP moves forward, I am chronicling the dawn of personal genomics, that is, people obtaining their genomic information for whatever reason(s) and figuring out what to do with it. I am interested in the relevant technologies and especially the attendant privacy and other ethical/legal/social issues.
This blog may also discuss some of my non-genome interests or, to paraphrase Dwight Yoakam, "Guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music, etc etc."
The header image comes from the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange's multimedia performance piece, "Ferocious Beauty: Genome."
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