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	<title>Comments on: 1,000 Free 23andMe Kits For Davos Attendees (plus one for TechCrunch readers)</title>
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		<title>By: aggrefeed.com &#187; Blog Archive &#187; 1,000 Free 23andMe Kits For Davos Attendees (plus one for TechCrunch readers)</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-2162580</link>
		<dc:creator>aggrefeed.com &#187; Blog Archive &#187; 1,000 Free 23andMe Kits For Davos Attendees (plus one for TechCrunch readers)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] &#8220;At a dinner last night at the World Economic Forum in Davos, 23andMe founders Linda Avey and Anne Wojcicki announced that they are providing 1,000 free 23andMe personal DNA testing kits to conference attendees. Damn, I thought, I already paid $1,000 (more) for my kit (so much for the benefits of being an early adopter). [&#8230;]&#8221; via TechCrunch [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] &#8220;At a dinner last night at the World Economic Forum in Davos, 23andMe founders Linda Avey and Anne Wojcicki announced that they are providing 1,000 free 23andMe personal DNA testing kits to conference attendees. Damn, I thought, I already paid $1,000 (more) for my kit (so much for the benefits of being an early adopter). [&#8230;]&#8221; via TechCrunch [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Mariah</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1995703</link>
		<dc:creator>Mariah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I found out at age 14 that I was adopted. I then learned both my biological parents were adopted. I was even told that my mother was given to her adoptive family like an illegal adoption. Therefore I have always believed I would die without ever knowing what blood ran through my veins, my heritage, or any geneological history. I don't know my ethnicity. I have always felt like a lost soul and have nothing to pass to my only daughter as far as geneolgy. I have never had any medical history. I ran away at the age of sixteen and never looked back. I lost all contact. I have struggled to manage and survive. I am a school teacher with very limited income so I could never afford to do any research about this or DNA testing. I would be eternally grateful to be offered this opportunity. I hope you will consider me. Sincerely, Mariah</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I found out at age 14 that I was adopted. I then learned both my biological parents were adopted. I was even told that my mother was given to her adoptive family like an illegal adoption. Therefore I have always believed I would die without ever knowing what blood ran through my veins, my heritage, or any geneological history. I don&#8217;t know my ethnicity. I have always felt like a lost soul and have nothing to pass to my only daughter as far as geneolgy. I have never had any medical history. I ran away at the age of sixteen and never looked back. I lost all contact. I have struggled to manage and survive. I am a school teacher with very limited income so I could never afford to do any research about this or DNA testing. I would be eternally grateful to be offered this opportunity. I hope you will consider me. Sincerely, Mariah</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Arrington</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1943045</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Arrington</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi everyone, thank you for all the great submissions (even the funny ones). Based on the type of results that the company gives back, a lot of the people looking for specific disease information would be disappointed. However, the adoption cases are really interesting. I've decided to give the kit to Sky, #110, for his adopted girlfriend. This was a really hard choice, and it came down to a random selection of five or so comments. Sky, 23andMe will be emailing you.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1935970</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi everyone, thank you for all the great submissions (even the funny ones). Based on the type of results that the company gives back, a lot of the people looking for specific disease information would be disappointed. However, the adoption cases are really interesting. I&#8217;ve decided to give the kit to Sky, #110, for his adopted girlfriend. This was a really hard choice, and it came down to a random selection of five or so comments. Sky, 23andMe will be emailing you.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1935970" rel="nofollow">http://www.techcrunch.com/2008.....nt-1935970</a></p>
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		<title>By: Scott</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1940925</link>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A free kit would be a great!  This would allow me to prepare for the future while appreciating my past.   From MS to cancer to depression, from Germany to England to Norway, what a uniquely wonderful gift to really understand who I am.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A free kit would be a great!  This would allow me to prepare for the future while appreciating my past.   From MS to cancer to depression, from Germany to England to Norway, what a uniquely wonderful gift to really understand who I am.</p>
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		<title>By: Pascal Van Hecke</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1937995</link>
		<dc:creator>Pascal Van Hecke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.

We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.

But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know
We don't know.

In any case, it is better to make sure you know the known, than it is to fear the unknown known.

(Based on the works of the great poet, but lesser politician Donald Rumsfeld)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As we know,<br />
There are known knowns.<br />
There are things we know we know.</p>
<p>We also know<br />
There are known unknowns.<br />
That is to say<br />
We know there are some things<br />
We do not know.</p>
<p>But there are also unknown unknowns,<br />
The ones we don&#8217;t know<br />
We don&#8217;t know.</p>
<p>In any case, it is better to make sure you know the known, than it is to fear the unknown known.</p>
<p>(Based on the works of the great poet, but lesser politician Donald Rumsfeld)</p>
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		<title>By: Alex</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1937318</link>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can't stop talking to my friends about wanting to do this.  They mostly call me crazy, and I'd like to prove them wrong.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can&#8217;t stop talking to my friends about wanting to do this.  They mostly call me crazy, and I&#8217;d like to prove them wrong.</p>
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		<title>By: Renee</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1937109</link>
		<dc:creator>Renee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don't envy you, having to choose from a pool this size and growing. But that's not stopping me from putting my name in too!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t envy you, having to choose from a pool this size and growing. But that&#8217;s not stopping me from putting my name in too!</p>
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		<title>By: joan foley</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1936986</link>
		<dc:creator>joan foley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Knowledge is everything, you can give me that knowledge</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Knowledge is everything, you can give me that knowledge</p>
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		<title>By: John Loken</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1936900</link>
		<dc:creator>John Loken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was adopted in 1966 and recently hired a PI to find my birth parents. They turned up nothing which was very disappointing -- not because I wanted a relationship with my birth parents, or because I needed to learn about my ancestry for ego purposes -- but because I want even the most superficial clues as to what is lying in wait in the dark recesses of my genetic material... My adopted mother passed away a few years ago and I found this great shot of her from the 1930s, when she was a little girl. Looking at it, I wondered: What if she had had the foresight that someday cancer was gonna wipe her out? She looks blissfully unaware in the photo that 70 years hence she was gonna get creamed by the "lurkers" in her double helix. I know this sounds like a sob story, but honestly if I have to answer "I don't know, I'm adopted" one more time at the Dr's office, when asked about my medical history, I'm gonna scream.

Or maybe invest in 23andme!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was adopted in 1966 and recently hired a PI to find my birth parents. They turned up nothing which was very disappointing &#8212; not because I wanted a relationship with my birth parents, or because I needed to learn about my ancestry for ego purposes &#8212; but because I want even the most superficial clues as to what is lying in wait in the dark recesses of my genetic material&#8230; My adopted mother passed away a few years ago and I found this great shot of her from the 1930s, when she was a little girl. Looking at it, I wondered: What if she had had the foresight that someday cancer was gonna wipe her out? She looks blissfully unaware in the photo that 70 years hence she was gonna get creamed by the &#8220;lurkers&#8221; in her double helix. I know this sounds like a sob story, but honestly if I have to answer &#8220;I don&#8217;t know, I&#8217;m adopted&#8221; one more time at the Dr&#8217;s office, when asked about my medical history, I&#8217;m gonna scream.</p>
<p>Or maybe invest in 23andme!</p>
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		<title>By: Amy</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1936851</link>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I want to use this information to help prolong my life in order to see Ray Kurzweil's alleged Singularity (and to understand why I'm so fine.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I want to use this information to help prolong my life in order to see Ray Kurzweil&#8217;s alleged Singularity (and to understand why I&#8217;m so fine.)</p>
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		<title>By: Sayan</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1936819</link>
		<dc:creator>Sayan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am from India which has been a genetic melting pot for thousands of years. I want to find out whether some of the family oral history is true or not</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am from India which has been a genetic melting pot for thousands of years. I want to find out whether some of the family oral history is true or not</p>
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		<title>By: Adam Teece</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1936756</link>
		<dc:creator>Adam Teece</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I want to know what kind of pain and torture I am in for in the future.  I have already seen every male in my family get skin cancer so far so I have at least a little idea of the fun.  My mom was also adopted so I have no idea what traits I will be getting from her side of the family.  It could explain my receding hairline when everyone on my dad's side has a full head of hair.  I also want to find out what I might pass onto my future children.

All that and it just sounds cool.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I want to know what kind of pain and torture I am in for in the future.  I have already seen every male in my family get skin cancer so far so I have at least a little idea of the fun.  My mom was also adopted so I have no idea what traits I will be getting from her side of the family.  It could explain my receding hairline when everyone on my dad&#8217;s side has a full head of hair.  I also want to find out what I might pass onto my future children.</p>
<p>All that and it just sounds cool.</p>
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		<title>By: rick</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1936695</link>
		<dc:creator>rick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think you should award it to someone who has actually gone to the 23andme site and knows what you'll be getting i.e. very little of the above</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think you should award it to someone who has actually gone to the 23andme site and knows what you&#8217;ll be getting i.e. very little of the above</p>
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		<title>By: Kenny - hdpth-DNA</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1936666</link>
		<dc:creator>Kenny - hdpth-DNA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>truthfully ... I am not particularly interested in this sort of testing for myself at the moment, as I got way too much laid out already funding others DNA testing in genealogical research ... but hey, if it will help my family to know what I might have passed onto them, sure I will enter my name into the hopper too  :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>truthfully &#8230; I am not particularly interested in this sort of testing for myself at the moment, as I got way too much laid out already funding others DNA testing in genealogical research &#8230; but hey, if it will help my family to know what I might have passed onto them, sure I will enter my name into the hopper too  <img src='http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /></p>
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		<title>By: Chenu</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1936658</link>
		<dc:creator>Chenu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As an immigrant from Sri Lanka, I'm always amazed at the variety of nationalities that most individuals in the United States represent. One may be german, polish, irish and native american. The possibilities are endless. Yet, I am 100% Sri Lankan. Or, am I? I would like to find out exactly where my roots lie.

In addition, as a fairly young individual, finding out about genetic mishaps now can help me be more cautious for the future. A future of heart disease is quite the motivator for 5 o'clock running sessions.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As an immigrant from Sri Lanka, I&#8217;m always amazed at the variety of nationalities that most individuals in the United States represent. One may be german, polish, irish and native american. The possibilities are endless. Yet, I am 100% Sri Lankan. Or, am I? I would like to find out exactly where my roots lie.</p>
<p>In addition, as a fairly young individual, finding out about genetic mishaps now can help me be more cautious for the future. A future of heart disease is quite the motivator for 5 o&#8217;clock running sessions.</p>
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		<title>By: DanIzzo</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1936646</link>
		<dc:creator>DanIzzo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I'm somewhat adopted and have no way of tracking down my birth father (I was raised by my mother).  I'd really like to have a better understanding of what genetic issues I might have.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m somewhat adopted and have no way of tracking down my birth father (I was raised by my mother).  I&#8217;d really like to have a better understanding of what genetic issues I might have.</p>
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		<title>By: Katie</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1936633</link>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I do not want the test for myself, but would like to give it to someone like #172 who has African origins, but who would also agree to donate their sequence to science as Craig Venter and James Watson did.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I do not want the test for myself, but would like to give it to someone like #172 who has African origins, but who would also agree to donate their sequence to science as Craig Venter and James Watson did.</p>
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		<title>By: Ben</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1936629</link>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi,
Today my wife was diagnosed to have a inheritable blood illness. In order for my 4 year old daughter not to have to go through the same traumatic analysis process, I would like her to take this test.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi,<br />
Today my wife was diagnosed to have a inheritable blood illness. In order for my 4 year old daughter not to have to go through the same traumatic analysis process, I would like her to take this test.</p>
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		<title>By: mf</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1936618</link>
		<dc:creator>mf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I  am curious both about my genetic background and about 23andMe results, especially if they would successfully diagnose some of diseases that afflict me.
And I'm a developmental biologist, so I'm also scientifically intrigued about the process.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I  am curious both about my genetic background and about 23andMe results, especially if they would successfully diagnose some of diseases that afflict me.<br />
And I&#8217;m a developmental biologist, so I&#8217;m also scientifically intrigued about the process.</p>
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		<title>By: rkm</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1936603</link>
		<dc:creator>rkm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why not use decodeme.com  This is a great site that does what 23 and I promises.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why not use decodeme.com  This is a great site that does what 23 and I promises.</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1936530</link>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ok, I know my odds of winning are almost nil - but - since the odds are far better than the lotteries that I've wasted money on from time to time, I'm sending in a comment.  Since I've never won $500,000, please, please, let me win 500,000 SNPs!  I'll even share my half mil with all the other entrants, just to be fair to everyone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok, I know my odds of winning are almost nil - but - since the odds are far better than the lotteries that I&#8217;ve wasted money on from time to time, I&#8217;m sending in a comment.  Since I&#8217;ve never won $500,000, please, please, let me win 500,000 SNPs!  I&#8217;ll even share my half mil with all the other entrants, just to be fair to everyone.</p>
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		<title>By: Bobby Kelly</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1936517</link>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Kelly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am not so interested in my genetic heritage or many of the other points of extraneous information news 23andme offers me about my genome...but if they offer me a RSS feed which pulls late breaking health information on my genetic markers...then that will be the most important feed in my reader.  Techcrunch placing 2nd for my attention, of course.

I was telling my Mom about my plans to get my genome sequenced next year.
If i win the free kit, then i can afford to get her genome sequenced as well.

Michael, 
I will share my genome with you and the TechCrunch community.
Looking forward to reading your reviews of the service and findings next week.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am not so interested in my genetic heritage or many of the other points of extraneous information news 23andme offers me about my genome&#8230;but if they offer me a RSS feed which pulls late breaking health information on my genetic markers&#8230;then that will be the most important feed in my reader.  Techcrunch placing 2nd for my attention, of course.</p>
<p>I was telling my Mom about my plans to get my genome sequenced next year.<br />
If i win the free kit, then i can afford to get her genome sequenced as well.</p>
<p>Michael,<br />
I will share my genome with you and the TechCrunch community.<br />
Looking forward to reading your reviews of the service and findings next week.</p>
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		<title>By: Jack Lakes</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1936491</link>
		<dc:creator>Jack Lakes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In 1967, when I was in the seventh grade, I won first place in the San Marcos Jr. High School Science Fair.  It was one of the most unexpected and exciting days in my life!   My exhibit was made up of an aquarium containing two kinds of fish that after you cross-bred, created a third kind and to help explain the science, a big hand drawn graphic of the famouse Gregor Mendel's garden peas experiement.  If you visited any pet fish store, you saw all three types of fish for sale, but not everyone knew much about their relationship.  Of course, I was fascinated by it and learned in my science class that this was one of the areas explained by Gregor Mendel, an Austrian Monk whose experiments with garden peas led him to formulate the basic laws of heredity.  Well, his law was in play with my pet fish and the fact that I made the connection with a theory and something I saw in the real world won me first place: a blue ribbon and a 1 year subscription to "Science Digest Magazine" (does anyone remember that publication?) .  All through high school I thought I was going to grow up to be a biologist working with DNA!  I read Watson's new book "The Double Helix," however, when I got to college, I fell in love with computer science and although I never looked by, I've often wondered how my life would have turned out if I had pursued biology instead.   So my reason for wanting to win the 23andMe Kit is very simply to connect to my past, both the 7th grade and before.  It's a real chance to see up close and personal how far genetic science has come.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 1967, when I was in the seventh grade, I won first place in the San Marcos Jr. High School Science Fair.  It was one of the most unexpected and exciting days in my life!   My exhibit was made up of an aquarium containing two kinds of fish that after you cross-bred, created a third kind and to help explain the science, a big hand drawn graphic of the famouse Gregor Mendel&#8217;s garden peas experiement.  If you visited any pet fish store, you saw all three types of fish for sale, but not everyone knew much about their relationship.  Of course, I was fascinated by it and learned in my science class that this was one of the areas explained by Gregor Mendel, an Austrian Monk whose experiments with garden peas led him to formulate the basic laws of heredity.  Well, his law was in play with my pet fish and the fact that I made the connection with a theory and something I saw in the real world won me first place: a blue ribbon and a 1 year subscription to &#8220;Science Digest Magazine&#8221; (does anyone remember that publication?) .  All through high school I thought I was going to grow up to be a biologist working with DNA!  I read Watson&#8217;s new book &#8220;The Double Helix,&#8221; however, when I got to college, I fell in love with computer science and although I never looked by, I&#8217;ve often wondered how my life would have turned out if I had pursued biology instead.   So my reason for wanting to win the 23andMe Kit is very simply to connect to my past, both the 7th grade and before.  It&#8217;s a real chance to see up close and personal how far genetic science has come.</p>
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		<title>By: Ben</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1936477</link>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I need to know if I am Bill Gates' illegitimate child ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I need to know if I am Bill Gates&#8217; illegitimate child &#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Sarah</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/1000-free-23andme-kits-for-davos-attendees-plus-one-for-techcrunch-readers/#comment-1936465</link>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have two sisters who were both born with genetic abnormalities. I would like to know if my future children are at risk for these abnormalities.

I am 30 years old. This information will help me decide if I should settle down and start having children, or if I should just continue having meaningless sex with random men. 

Thank you Mr. Arrington. My fate lies in your hands.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have two sisters who were both born with genetic abnormalities. I would like to know if my future children are at risk for these abnormalities.</p>
<p>I am 30 years old. This information will help me decide if I should settle down and start having children, or if I should just continue having meaningless sex with random men. </p>
<p>Thank you Mr. Arrington. My fate lies in your hands.</p>
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