Showing posts with label Microbiology. Show all posts
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Thursday, September 9, 2010

Would you want YOUR genome sequenced?

I was sitting in my Microbiology class today pondering about whether I would want my entire genome sequenced.  This class is about Bioinformatics and how the power of computers have helped with the study of biology.  After the mandatory introductions my prof started talking about the Human Genome Project and how computers played a major role in that.  The question came up:  Would you want your genome sequenced?