Know thyself
 

has taken on a whole new meaning:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18968279

Socrates

Yeah, that's where we all are going to go ... turning in to 'genomes'.
Thing is, on the "way out" it won't be human genomes anymore....;)

That's interesting. "Honey, I'm going on a trip. Where'd I put my genome map?"

If some company patents a gene sequence and I have that same sequence, do they owe me a royalty or do I owe them a royalty?

That's an interesting question that has been posed in several books I 've read recently. Apparently, a company could patent or copyright YOUR genes and sell it without giving you squat. At least that seemed to be the thinking.

Not that you would want squat. Hell, I'm not even sure what "squat" is, but it doesn't sound too good.

Maybe you could get bupkas instead . . .

You have the genes of royalty?? Who'd want to buy those?

Sometimes, the inside of my head is like a bad neighborhood. This personal sequencing is fine as long as it doesn't permit insurance companies to use it against people and deny(sp) coverage because someone is "predisposed" to a specific disease....