Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA

Re:Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Cons... by renegade-otter on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @06:44AM (#38082763)

"The poors who somehow got into this fine dining establishment through all the obstacles we have carefully constructed are really ruining the vibe here!"

The space mission may not be the perfect allegory, but that's just nitpicking. How many people watched Gattaca and thought, "Oh no! That crippled tool ruined the space mission! Not my tax dollars oh my stars!"

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Re:Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Cons... by vGPU on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @07:09AM (#38082950)

> his genetic profile indicates a high probability of several disorders and an estimated lifespan of 30.2 years.

That seems to be a very valid reason to not send someone on a space mission.

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Re:Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Cons... by renegade-otter on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @08:09AM (#38083543)

And many people get well from placebo medication. We don’t fully understand human willpower and its ability to overcome the cards we were dealt at birth. The whole movie is literally about how genetics is not destiny.

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Re:Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Cons... by lotsofpulp on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @08:52AM (#38084032)

Just because the movie claims it does not mean it is true.

Genetics may partly, or even significantly, be destiny.

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Re:Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Cons... by vGPU on Saturday November 04, 2023 @02:59PM (#38144063)

Willpower won’t fix a congenital heart defect.

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