My Genome
Spit Challenge: Fill Tube With 2.5ml of Saliva in Under 146sec
Think you can fill a tube with 2.5 milliliters (0.085 ounces) of saliva in under 146 seconds? Prove it.
Because if you can, you'll beat our record. Thats right, we spit 2.5ml of saliva in 146 seconds.
Consider yourself officially challenged to a spit-off.
Here is the video to prove our feat:
(Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5kSFzVWIoA)
You can see that I [...]
FedEx Tracking Says DNA Kit Arrives Today
As of this morning, FedEx tracking confirms that my DNA kit is "On FedEx vehicle for delivery":
That means that our saliva-spitting party will go on as planned.
Check back later tonight to view party photos (and possibly a video!).
Saliva-Spitting 23andMe Party on Wednesday!
Photo: Jonathan Snyder
We here at BUZZYEAH will be having a saliva-spitting party on this coming Wednesday, February 6. Mark the date on your calendars!
The party will be awesome and plenty of saliva will be involved (at least 2.5 milliliters). If you can't make it I will be posting plenty of saliva-spitting photos.
Note: FedEx tracking [...]
$1000 Raised! Just Ordered My 23andMe DNA Kit
It took about 1 month, 5 days to raise the $1000 but we did it.
I just ordered my 23andMe saliva collection kit a couple of minutes ago. Here is proof of the order confirmation email:
How long until I get my hands on my genome results?
It will take a couple of days for the saliva collection [...]
Decoding My DNA Soon, $820 Raised So Far (Update: $1000 raised!)
Most of you are well aware by now that I will be using 23andMe's Personal Genome Service in the very near future.
All I need to do is raise a total of $1000 and I'm going to send for 23andMe's saliva collection kit. You can see my first post explaining why I want to do this [...]
Calling All 23andMe Saliva Spitting Bloggers!
Well I'm trying to decode my DNA by Christmas as you might know by an earlier post appropriately titled "Help Me Decode My Genome by Christmas".
I'll be using the 23andMe Personal Genome Service. I'm raising donations to pay for their service and I've raised about $300 so far! You can track my fundraising efforts here.
Be [...]
Fundraising Updates for Andrew’s DNA Test
As I said in my previous post I'm trying to raise $999 by Christmas for 23andMe's Personal Genome Service. That's the amount I need before I can purchase their Saliva Collection Kit.
TechCrunch gave my genome-decoding campaign a holler yesterday with Mike's own 23andMe post. It gave me a nice start.
I will keep everyone updated with [...]
Help Me Decode My Genome by Christmas
I really want to decode my genome by Christmas. Update: $1000 raised! See "Update 4" below for more.
Unlock the secrets of my DNA if you will. Not only that, I want to be able to read and understand my DNA. I want to figure out what diseases I'm going to catch in the future. I [...]
