Thursday, February 26, 2009

The highest price in the world is free.

Or at least that’s what my father always told me. So you can imagine this caught my eye: “Free Genetic Testing” (thanks Geoff!)

The Coriell Personalized Medicine Collaborative is conducting a study to determine whether or not “personalized genetic information can be used to improve people’s health.” And it’s free. You just need to be over 18 and live near Camden, NJ. Oh and you will only receive information about their findings if you have at least one of the following conditions/diseases/problems: age-related macular degeneration, colon cancer, coronary artery disease, inflammatory bowel disease, hemochromatosis, type 1 or 2 diabetes, melanoma, obesity, or prostate cancer.

More about the study here: How It Works (this diagram was actually my favorite part of the whole site)

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