DNAprint Genomics (DNAG)

[dgplexus]

Hi Ann,

I'm very optimistic about DNAG. Is it coincidental that DNAG stock performed so poorly during that period of time (approximately the last 10 years,) which was roughly the same period of time, when the loudly-announced "official truth" was that there was absolutely zero biological/genetic basis for race, no racial differences at all (as the NPR Radiolab broadcast concerning DNAG delved into)? It's been an article of faith, undermining the credibility of the science and technology that actually detects differences. We've even seen some rabid, zealous people attacking anyone who mentions such realities -- there are some extremely fearful, zealous people out there. For just one example, see what this "Don Moody" character posts here, regarding DNAPrint Genomics and the NPR Radiolab program:

soc.genealogy.britain newsgroup
NPR Radiolab program on DNAPrint Genomics, "Race Doesn't Exist. Or Does It?"
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.genealogy.britain/browse_thread/thread/aa83fc9abbed143c?hl=en&q=radiolab

Positively rabid and irrational. It's not even worth arguing with such cranks. Note the delusions of grandeur, and other signs of mental illness, that this individual displays in those messages.

Now, a different tune is emerging. There's an about-face in this "official truth," and even the Obama incoming administration is looking to boost progress in personalized medicine (which keys in on such differences, in a medical context.) Very significant differences have been detected in individual humans' DNA, between different races, and documented in such seminal papers, as Nature's paper on CNV (Copy Number Variation in the Human Genome,) authored by a large, international, multi-racial, well-respected group of scientists. Here's one dramatic quote, regarding CNV:

New human gene map shows unexpected differences
22 Nov 2006 23:01:11 GMT
Source: Reuters
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N22205028.htm

"LONDON, Nov 22 (Reuters) - One person's DNA code can be as much as 10 percent different from another's, researchers said on Wednesday in a finding that questions the idea that everyone on Earth is 99.9 percent identical genetically."

Will DNAG see much better times, as a result? Are the dark clouds, and the irrational fear of acknowledging differences, dissipating? It appears that way. (A few diehard cranks notwithstanding.)

Wikipedia entry on Copy Number Variation in the Human Genome:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_number_variation

The seminal Nature paper I mentioned:

Global variation in copy number in the human genome
Nature 444, 444-454 (23 November 2006) | doi:10.1038/nature05329; Received 13 June 2006; Accepted 10
(Note the lengthy, international, multi-racial, list of well-respected scientists, who authored this paper)
October 2006
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v444/n7118/full/nature05329.html

Daniel Gannon
Portland, Oregon, USA