James Watson’s missing gene
Last week I posted a story about James Watson receiving his genome as a gift. In a fascinating twist, he’s subsequently made it all publicly available - all of it that is, except one gene, apolipoprotein E. Why? -
Watson doesn’t want to know which version of the gene he has, as it is one of the strongest predictors for the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
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What Watson does understand, however, is that he could work out how likely he is to develop Alzheimer’s disease from the versions of the gene he carries, and it seems he’d rather not live with the knowledge.
Who can blame him? I wouldn’t wish Alzheimer’s on my worst enemy. More over at Mind Hacks: James Watson and the missing gene.
Posted on 
June 5th, 2007 by 
Simon Greenhill
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