Do it yourself dna testing

[Sadsack]

Well, one good thing came out of all this Dr. Wymore controversy. Jwf on LB provided a link to another statement from Dr. Wymore from a few years ago. Within that statement was a link to a company that will do inexpensive dna testing - very much affordable for us. This is all I know:








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This is the link to Dr. Wymore's "older" statement:

http://cherokeechas.com/rwupda04.htm

SS

[Kritters]

SS that is AMAZING!!! I would have thought we'd have to hire NASA to test our dna!!!

Kritts

[Sadsack]

Kritters -
Yes, it shocked me! I'm sure there is a lot more to it than meets the eye, though, such as how the sample is prepared, etc.
I just came across this today, and haven't had a chance to really study it.
But can you imagine how powerful a tool this could be if we learned how to use it?

SS

[Kritters]

Yes, seriously! jeepers....I might be able to find out if I am, after all, related to Cleopatra!!!!

I honestly can't believe that they wouldn't be prevented from performing this service by 'someone'.

Kritts

[imatrainwreck]

I have to admit i'm a little cynical when it comes to ads on the internet for something that seems unreasonably cheap so i had to make sure that Solway was really a town in MN. Guess i'm just naturally a second-guesser (especially, with myself) Here is an article from 2004 usa today about the cute couple that does the dna testing USATODAY.com - Biotech business has potential in rural Minnesota

So now I'm going to have to google how to prepare specimens, because I didn't understand one bit of what they were saying on the pricing list. They say "keep your friends close, and your enemies closer" can't get any closer than residing in my body.....so instead of allowing them to take up permanent residence like a bad roommate, i'd be more than happy to send in my little wormies to dig up some info on 'em. My understanding, and please correct me if i'm wrong (because i have no clue what i'm talking about,lol) from something I clicked on earlier or read....i've read so much today, it might have even been at the beginning of this post, oh how i love short term memory loss and a.d.d....get to the point already.....that even if you don't send the worm that it should leave behind something and so there will be cells from it when doing dnahuh??? (I should've stayed in college) and i only ask this because....even though the worms i have in my nose look exactly like the three pics of the juveniles, i'm not sure if they are the same thing as the white risen spots under my skin( which i'm not sure if i could get a worm but definitely something from the area). But I would, love, love, love to find out either/or....or even the critters inside the cyst type things i cough up everyday. Would that be possible to find out with dna or would they only get my dna??? hmm, i think i just realized i'm more confused about how it works than i thought. CRAP!!!

[jonsi]

Personally, I don't want my DNA in a data base.

Itwl,
~jonsi

[Sadsack]

First, it's not YOUR dna - it's the dna of the organism that they are testing.
Second, it's not a "Database" - it's a testing lab that attempts to match samples against known organisms.
If we are ever going to figure things out, we need to test these things and not say "it looks like this or that and so it is". Those are the kinds of things that doctors say "Oh, that's just...whatever..."and never subject what they are (possibly) looking at to scientific analysis.
SS

[Sadsack]

imatrainwreck -
That wasn't an ad on the internet. What you found was an article from an Associated Press interview. What I posted was their website that I found from Dr. Wymore's statement from 2006 where he was answering a question about doing dna analysis. (see the thread about that summary). It is a commonly used lab for doing dna studies cheaply.
As long as we continue to be suspicious of everything and not utilize scientific enquiry we are going to keep speculating and chasing our tails.
Sorry, but I think any answers we are going to get are going to come from hard science done by scientists who are transparent with their findings.
I'm tired of the secrecy on the part of certain organizations who HAVE done the rigorous tests. Maybe if we attempt direct access to the high level scientific tests we'll discover something.
The reason for sending in an actual piece of the thing is because you don't want "contamination" from other sources.
SS

[Katinka]

Hi Sadsack,
thank you for posting this. WOW this is interesting! Kammy could send them her samples for further testing....find the DNA of this stuff we have been looking at to testify.
Great!
Katinka

[Sadsack]

Katinka -
I was actually thinking about you two while posting this! It takes a lot of guts to deal with these horrible things. I don't even own a magnifier, and I don't often look at threads/posts that have pictures.
The worst "symptom" I still deal with is the psychological aspect. And looking at these things just creeps me too much.
Not sure how much would be involved, as there are probably some preliminary things that would have to be done (trying to interpret the site).
BUT - Kammy - if you need help covering the cost of the dna (should you send stuff in), I will help you. PM me, OK?
The independent, scientific identification of these things is what is needed. You will surely get an attentive audience if you can fill in the gaps with these analyses!

SS