Genetics and Health

DNA 11 Art Prints

by Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD on December 24th, 2006

The New York Times features DNA 11 today, which was included in the Genetics and Health list of DNA gifts.

The DNA portraits work like this: At the DNA 11 site, you pick from several sizes and color schemes — perhaps to match the version of you expressed by your home décor — and pony up $390 to $790, depending on your choices. You get a kit in the mail, swab the inside of your mouth and smear that on a special card that you send back to the company. A DNA snapshot is extracted from your saliva and run through an imaging process (“gel electrophoresis”) and tweaked to add color and leave out genetic details that a (highly qualified) observer could actually interpret. The resulting image is printed onto canvas and mailed to you within four to six weeks.

If you’re averse to submitting a DNA sample, maybe you’d be interested in their fingerPrints instead which take your fingerprint and blow them up to 4000% in various slick color combos. They’re a tad cheaper than the dnaPortraits as well starting at $190.

Here are some “random updates from DNA 11.”

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