http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/a-childs-genome-in-a-drop-o.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/a-childs-genome-in-a-drop-o.html#comment-1467510 SedanChair Thu, 05 Jul 2012 06:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169352#comment-1467510 <i>Gattaca</i> here Gattaca here

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/a-childs-genome-in-a-drop-o.html#comment-1467431 ocker3 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 02:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169352#comment-1467431  I'm pretty sure they're talking about snippets of DNA, not full cells.  I’m pretty sure they’re talking about snippets of DNA, not full cells.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/a-childs-genome-in-a-drop-o.html#comment-1467429 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 05 Jul 2012 02:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169352#comment-1467429 Great. Axlotl tanks. Great. Axlotl tanks.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/a-childs-genome-in-a-drop-o.html#comment-1467403 jhertzli Thu, 05 Jul 2012 01:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169352#comment-1467403  I'm not a member of the Jesus branch of the fetal-rights team but my reaction is that now we can obtain embryonic stem cells from the bloodstreams of pregnant women.  I’m not a member of the Jesus branch of the fetal-rights team but my reaction is that now we can obtain embryonic stem cells from the bloodstreams of pregnant women.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/a-childs-genome-in-a-drop-o.html#comment-1467385 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 05 Jul 2012 01:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169352#comment-1467385 I'm getting an <i>Alien Resurrection</i> vibe from this. I’m getting an Alien Resurrection vibe from this.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/a-childs-genome-in-a-drop-o.html#comment-1467375 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Thu, 05 Jul 2012 00:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169352#comment-1467375 Oh man, Team Jesus is going to be <em>unhappy</em>... If my informal surveys of the more enthusiastic elements are to be believed, comparatively noninvasive assays for serious inherited disorders (and, honestly, anything that allows women who have the temerity to get knocked up additional information on which to make choices) are approximately indistinguishable from eugenicist nazi death camps. Oh man, Team Jesus is going to be unhappy… If my informal surveys of the more enthusiastic elements are to be believed, comparatively noninvasive assays for serious inherited disorders (and, honestly, anything that allows women who have the temerity to get knocked up additional information on which to make choices) are approximately indistinguishable from eugenicist nazi death camps.

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