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Would you be willing to let science or your government have a complete map of your DNA?

Asked by JLeslie (65447points) August 28th, 2009

I was thinking about how so many people are afraid of “big brother” and don’t trust the government in the US. In some countries there is more of a trust by the people, and see a relationship with their government. What popped into my head was the Iceland genome project. If you are not aware, a large portion of Iceland’s population is participating in a project to help map out characteristics and diseases in our DNA that can potentially help all of us. They were an ideal population, because they are very homogenious so variations in the DNA will be more obvious when studying people with certain characteristics or ailments.

Would you ever be willing to do something like that for the greater good? Do you think they are crazy to do it?

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