Berkeley Asking Incoming Students For DNA

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<p>[UC</a> Berkeley Asking Incoming Students For DNA - News Story - KTVU San Francisco](<a href=“http://www.ktvu.com/news/23592937/detail.html]UC”>http://www.ktvu.com/news/23592937/detail.html)</p>

<p>“The students will be asked to voluntarily submit a DNA sample. The cotton swabs will come with two bar code labels. One label will be put on the DNA sample and the other is kept for the students own records.
The confidential process is being overseen by Jasper Rine, a campus professor of Genetics and Development Biology, who says the test results will help students make decisions about their diet and lifestyle.
Once the DNA sample is sent in and tested, it will show the student’s ability to tolerate alcohol, absorb folic acid and metabolize lactose.
The results of the test will be put in a secure online database where students will be able to retrieve their results by using their bar code.”</p>

<p>Not going to lie, I think this is totally neat. Are any of you that committed to Cal going to do it?</p>

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<p>like someone in the Berkeley forum said “its too 1984”</p>

<p>yeah too big brotherish for me. </p>

<p><em>puts on tin foil hat</em></p>

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<p>IMO, this is pretty cool. It’s like a free bootleg version of 23andme</p>

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<p>creeeeeeeepy</p>

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<p>i wish i could do that…i’m curious about what they’d say about my alcohol tolerance lol</p>

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<p>Berkeley wants ur BABIES.</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t do it. Protect your privacy.</p>

<p>Anyway, empirically discovering how much you can drink is part of the college experience.</p>