DNAprint Genomics (DNAG)

[dgplexus]

chiggah,

Thanks. I realize it's an uphill battle, but I remain very optimistic about DNAG. Partly, what plagued DNAPrint Genomics for the past 10 years, was the article of faith (delved into by the recent NPR Radiolab program,) that there is absolutely zero biological basis for race, and (by extension) that genetic tests cannot yield much, if any, data about racial ancestry. Now that article of faith is being demolished (I refer to the points made by the NPR Radiolab program, as well as the Nature CNV paper and subsequent publications on CNV, as well as DNAPrint Genomics' very real successes with its technology.)

This misconception has undermined DNAPrint's credibility in the public eye for 10 years. Now the tide is quickly, and very dramatically, turning. The incoming Obama administration is even planning to take advantage of these (previously claimed to be nonexistent) racial differences, in boosting research into personalized medicine. Obama has an advantage; it would be difficult for people to credibly claim he's an anti-black racist. So that old canard won't work, with him.

More optimistic than ever,

Daniel Gannon
Portland, Oregon, USA