Comments on: The Power of We http://spittoon.23andme.com/2008/01/21/the-power-of-we/ A receptacle for genetic knowledge. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:13:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Let’s Share 23andMe data! | Think Gene http://spittoon.23andme.com/2008/01/21/the-power-of-we/#comment-306 Let’s Share 23andMe data! | Think Gene Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:01:37 +0000 http://spittoon.23andme.com/?p=44#comment-306 [...] Yes, bask in the all encompassing Power of WE! [...] [...] Yes, bask in the all encompassing Power of WE! [...]

]]> By: Spittoon: the eminent corporate blog of 23andMe and Consumer Enabled Research « Pimm - Partial immortalization http://spittoon.23andme.com/2008/01/21/the-power-of-we/#comment-10 Spittoon: the eminent corporate blog of 23andMe and Consumer Enabled Research « Pimm - Partial immortalization Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:34:29 +0000 http://spittoon.23andme.com/?p=44#comment-10 [...] For instance, Anne Wojcicki co-founder introduces the concept of Consumer Enabled Research in her introductory blog post The Power of We: [...] [...] For instance, Anne Wojcicki co-founder introduces the concept of Consumer Enabled Research in her introductory blog post The Power of We: [...]

]]> By: Attila Csordas http://spittoon.23andme.com/2008/01/21/the-power-of-we/#comment-7 Attila Csordas Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:27:39 +0000 http://spittoon.23andme.com/?p=44#comment-7 "Researchers are currently limited in the projects they can take on because it’s expensive to recruit individuals, and funding is limited." Yeah, it is hard to recruit individuals for academic research and those individuals are usually paid for it. For instance, here at Tulane University, New Orleans they pay us 280 bucks for a bilateral iliac crest bone marrow aspiration but with Consumer Enabled Research and the business model of 23andMe, the logic is reverse and that's completely new: Consumers are paying 1000 dollars for donating their DNA for academic research. I guess they are informed that by spitting into the tube they are part of a big experiment. One of my friend said that a closer analogy is donating free processor time but of course you don't have to pay in that case for donating. “Researchers are currently limited in the projects they can take on because it’s expensive to recruit individuals, and funding is limited.”

Yeah, it is hard to recruit individuals for academic research and those individuals are usually paid for it.

For instance, here at Tulane University, New Orleans they pay us 280 bucks for a bilateral iliac crest bone marrow aspiration but with Consumer Enabled Research and the business model of 23andMe, the logic is reverse and that’s completely new: Consumers are paying 1000 dollars for donating their DNA for academic research. I guess they are informed that by spitting into the tube they are part of a big experiment.

One of my friend said that a closer analogy is donating free processor time but of course you don’t have to pay in that case for donating.

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