expensive, but intriguing nonetheless jtotheizzoe: Social network wants to sequence your gut: The non-profit programme MyMicrobes, launched today, is inviting people to have their gut bacteria sequenced for about €1,500 (US$2,100). Acting as both social network and DNA database, the website offers a place for people to share diet tips, stories and gastrointestinal woes with one another. In exchange, researchers hope to gather a wealth of data about the bacteria living in people’s guts. (via Nature News)

expensive, but intriguing nonetheless

jtotheizzoe:

Social network wants to sequence your gut:

The non-profit programme MyMicrobes, launched today, is inviting people to have their gut bacteria sequenced for about €1,500 (US$2,100). Acting as both social network and DNA database, the website offers a place for people to share diet tips, stories and gastrointestinal woes with one another. In exchange, researchers hope to gather a wealth of data about the bacteria living in people’s guts.

(via Nature News)

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  2. aneyeforscience reblogged this from jtotheizzoe and added:
    expensive, but intriguing nonetheless
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  6. exit200 reblogged this from jtotheizzoe and added:
    That’s the funniest shit I’ve heard all day…
  7. whatsnuwithju reblogged this from jtotheizzoe and added:
    i feel like this has the potential to be huge, given how many crazy uncured, misunderstood GI problems exist in this...
  8. alittlelionman reblogged this from jtotheizzoe and added:
    gah, I want one !
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  10. redcloud reblogged this from jtotheizzoe and added:
    Best social network ever. EVER.
  11. lifeispandemic reblogged this from jtotheizzoe and added:
    If it didn’t cost so much, I’d probably join out of curiosity.
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