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From: Jonathan Day <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] New DNA sequencing paper
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:24:46 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <e2f96c1b0901051224s12364939k3ea2fc27fc2238fe@mail.gmail.com>


--- On Mon, 1/5/09, Robert Tarín <> wrote:

> From: Robert Tarín <>
> Subject: Re: [DNA] New DNA sequencing paper
> To: ,
> Date: Monday, January 5, 2009, 12:24 PM
> I can imagine a testing company of the future offering
> walk-in,
> while-you-wait, DNA results...

Hmm. Since the inside of a human hair has extractable DNA, this could be a great new side-line for barbers and hair dressers. Requires no extraction that isn't being done anyway and you should end up with more material in better condition than conventional cheek-scraping or mouthwash methods. They could even project which surname you're most linked to and offer you hair styles likely to have been worn by your direct ancestors.

> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Jonathan Day
> <> wrote:
>
> > Apparently, someone has perfected a method of scanning
> much larger
> > sequences with fewer errors, relatively cheaply.
> (FTDNA, take note. If you
> > reduced your turnaround time to days at effectively no
> extra cost, you'd
> > probably get a lot more custom. There's a long way
> between theory and
> > practice, however, so I don't know how long it
> will be before we can
> > realistically imagine such systems deployed in the
> field.)
> >
> >
> http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/323/5910/133
> >
> > Several of the blgs carrying the full article sans
> registration have been
> > Slashdotted, so the best I can offer is the summary
> via the link.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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