Sweeps of human DNA yield discoveries

San Luis Obispo Tribune ^ | Mar. 31, 2008 | MALCOLM RITTER

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A robotic arm puts a drops of DNA-bearing solution on a slide during a demonstration of the DNA scanner at the Center for Inherited Disease Research at Johns Hopkins University, Friday, March 21, 2008, in Baltimore. The scanners, blue boxes each about twice as big as a desktop printer, will reveal what DNA "letter" appears in more than 580,000 spots in the genetic material, said lab director Kimberly Doheny.

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Kimberly Doheny, lab director at the Center for Inherited Disease Research at Johns Hopkins University, holds an example of a slide used for testing DNA , Friday, March 21, 2008, in Baltimore. The DNA scanners used in the lab, blue boxes each about twice as big as a desktop printer, will reveal what DNA "letter" appears in more than 580,000 spots in the genetic material, said Doheny.

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A robotic arm prepares to put drops of DNA-bearing solution on a slide during a demonstration of the DNA scanner at the Center for Inherited Disease Research at Johns Hopkins University, Friday, March 21, 2008, in Baltimore.

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Kimberly Doheny, lab director at the Center for Inherited Disease Research at Johns Hopkins University, poses next to a DNA scanner, Friday, March 21, 2008, in Baltimore. The scanners, blue boxes each about twice as big as a desktop printer, will reveal what DNA "letter" appears in more than 580,000 spots in the genetic material, said Doheny.

Explanation of genome scans

Catalog of published gene scans

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Thanks...I worry that there is something to the cell phone concern.

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Maybe people would pay more attention to health advice if they knew they were genetically vulnerable to getting sick otherwise. But maybe not. It's an open question, Manolio said.

Yup. But I'll tell you what, their health insurance provider will pay attention, as will their employer and the government.

So, it will start out this way: "Mr Jones, I'm sorry but we simply can't insure at the normal price. You see, your genetic markers indicate big problems down the road that will hurt our bottom line if you put in too many claims."

Later well have, "I'm sorry Mr Jones here at Fabrikam we cannot hire someone with your, ah, disease potential. The job you're, um, qualified, er, extremely qualified for, is simply too risky for your potential for something that could become an expensive liability for us."

And finally, we'll get: "Oh, no, someone with your genetics doesn't qualify for open heart surgery under Pres Hillary's Nation Health Scam Act of 2009. So sorry! Good luck with those chest pains!"