NIH wants 1 million Americans to contribute to new pool of gene data

Compost ^ | January 16, 2018 | Paige Winfield

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The Health 202: NIH wants 1 million Americans to contribute to new pool of gene data By Paige Winfield Cunningham January 16

THE PROGNOSIS

Starting this spring, Americans across the country will be invited to contribute to a massive new pool of genomic information being assembled by the government, a project that represents the most ambitious effort yet to capitalize on the promising new frontier of gene-based medicine.

Three years after the National Institutes of Health first announced its Precision Medicine Initiative — subsequently redubbed “All of Us” — the agency’s director, Francis Collins, says the large-scale project is ready to expand beyond its initial testing stages. In early spring, on a date yet to be announced, NIH is planning a nationwide launch to start enrolling what it hopes will eventually be as many as 1 million participants.

“It will be a big deal. You’ll hear a lot about it,” Collins told The Health 202 in an interview last week at NIH headquarters in Bethesda, Md. “We want the world of American folks to know about this and have a chance to sign up.”

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"A group of 40 anti-abortion House Republicans had urged Trump to replace Collins. The group, led by Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana, argued in a May letter that Collins’ past support for embryonic stem cell research and comments on the moral status of cloned embryos should disqualify him from serving in an administration committed to anti-abortion policies. "

https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/pro-life-congressmen-ask-trump-to-replace-head-of-nih

[BenLurkin]

invited to contribute to a massive new pool of genomic information being assembled by the government

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Of course it will all go directly into CODIS, but if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear, right?

[ptsal]

Is this gene pool data going to be matched with the NSA database and backed-up on Eric Schmidt’s cloud in N.K.?

[Steely Tom]

NIH wants 1 million Americans to contribute to new pool of gene data

I'm sure they do.

[WayneS]

[middle fingers on both hands raised]

“I must politely decline your kind offer”.

[goldendelicious]

yeah they’ll use it to make the lame walk- to make the crippled whole. They’ll use it to hunt us down and kill us no thanks.

[tomkat]

             

[Rurudyne]

Screw the government.

[wbill]

Figure that the people who register for this are the same ones who volunteer to be "chipped" for work.

There are plenty of useful idiots out there. However, their gene pool is only a discounted inflatable one from Dollar General, so there's not there to draw from. NIH will be disappointed with the results, I think.

[mewzilla]

LOL! I’ll contribute my cat’s!

[antidemoncrat]

This kinda sounds like a national data base for gun registration,

[Tench_Coxe]

They run out of money to run those Ancestry and MyDNA commercials?

[bluejean]

“the world of American folks”

What? Something about this homey, friendly little phrase makes the whole thing sound sinister. Like Snidely Whiplash is trying to be pals. I’ll pass.

[minnesota_bound]

I suggest they go to Walmart for the samples : )
http://www.peopleofwalmart.com

[Paleo Conservative]

Maybe they could split costs with the NSA and FBI.

[moovova]

Yeah. Get the alcohol swabs ready...I’ll be right over.

[Bernard Marx]

Nope — I read “Brave New World” years ago and already know how this stuff ends.

[tom paine 2]

Why would anyone trust the any organization with a copy of your own genes?

[virgil]

I suspect they will over sample minorities.