and now on bbc news, it s time for click. this week, we re all about genetics. should your dna decide your dinner? how does it shape your personality? and can it be used to track down a murderer? it s the most personal data that you own. it literally defines you. it is your dna. ever since the human genome was decoded, researchers have been peering deeper into what makes us us, and more and more companies have been able to build services around what they ve found so far. here s what lara has to say on the subject. excuse me. it s not disgusting, it s science. mmm i think it s both, actually. i look forward to finding out what s got lara spitting feathers later. but first, a story that will make your blood run cold. i m in iceland, revisiting the freezers at decode genetics in reykjavik, where robots working in temperatures of 26 celsius look after the blood of iceland. over the last quarter of a century icelanders have donated nearly 2 million samples, all in the name of g
here s what lara has to say on the subject. excuse me. it s not disgusting, it s science. mmm i think it s both, actually. i look forward to finding out what s got lara spitting feathers later. but first, a story that will make your blood run cold. i m in iceland, revisiting the freezers at decode genetics in reykjavik, where robots working in temperatures of 26 celsius look after the blood of iceland. over the last quarter of a century icelanders have donated nearly 2 million samples, all in the name of genetic research. if you want to know what 26 celsius feels like, it s very painful on the ears, you really don t feel like breathing very hard at all, and weirdly my nostril hairs are freezing up. every time i do that, they re cracking. iceland has been scrupulously recording ancestry records for hundreds of years, so it kind of makes sense that it s also now at the forefront of research to try and identify the specific genes responsible for particular genetic diseases.
time for click. this week, we re all about genetics. should your dna decide your dinner? how does it shape your personality? and can it be used to track down a murderer? it s the most personal data that you own. it literally defines you. it is your dna. ever since the human genome was decoded, researchers have been peering deeper into what makes us us, and more and more companies have been able to build services around what they ve found so far. here s what lara has to say on the subject. excuse me. it s not disgusting, it s science. mmm i think it s both, actually. i look forward to finding out what s got lara spitting feathers later. but first, a story that will make your blood run cold. i m in iceland, revisiting the freezers at decode genetics in reykjavik, where robots working in temperatures of 26 celsius look after the blood of iceland. over the last quarter of a century icelanders have donated nearly 2 million samples, all in the name of genetic research. if you wa
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