refaving petersigrist. this is fascinating and scary at the same time.
a) nervous what my dna would turn up about my predispositions
b) nervous about the negative societal implications -- especially as it relates health and intelligence predictions. e.g. would a dna test be required prior to getting health insurance? would a dna test be part of the admissions process for a premier school?

Quoted: Logging onto my account at 23andMe, the start-up company that is now my genetic custodian, I typed my search into the “Genome Explorer” and hit return. I was, in essence, Googling my own DNA.

Quoted: The researchers found the highest amine levels in red wine and sake and the lowest in beer. For now, the device only works with liquids.
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Mathies suggests the device could be used to put amine levels on wine labels.

Didn't realize the makeup of organic fruit is different than that of non-organic fruit.

Quoted: Organic fruit and vegetables may be better for you than conventionally grown crops, US research suggests.

Very cool!

Quoted: Researchers from Sheffield University develop an artificial plastic blood which could act as a substitute in emergencies.

Very cool...

Quoted: Rebuilding patients' immune systems from scratch with their own bone marrow stem cells may free type 1 diabetics of the chronic condition

Found on Buzz front page.

Quoted: It sounds almost too good to be true: a cheap and simple drug that kills almost all cancers by switching off their immortality

Quoted: The researchers at Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth College bred a mouse genetically engineered to express a particular enzyme related to muscle activity and were surprised by the rodent's superpowers.

Very cool.

Quoted: Scientists in the US use an injection of bone marrow stem cells to treat diabetes in mice.