http://www.metafilter.com/78813/DIY-DNA-research
Hugh Reinhoff has sequenced his daughters DNA at home attempting to diagnose her unique genetic mutation.
Good discussions over there, I no longer have an account at mifi, but my question would be, how long before they brand this guy as a terrorist?
And sue him for not conforming to the "experts" of the FDA/ EPA military academic pharmaceutical industrial complex. If you get my drift...
Damn someone that takes action outside of the establishment. Can't have that! Quick, he must be re-educated. Can't have people taking power into their own hands, besides, it hurts our profit margins.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca
Gattaca trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7OYCmynrRU
Gattaca is a 1997 science fiction drama film written and directed by Andrew Niccol, starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law with supporting roles played by Loren Dean, Gore Vidal and Alan Arkin.[1] The film was a 1997 nominee for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction - Set Decoration.
The film presents a biopunk vision of a society driven by liberal eugenics.[2][3] Children of the middle and upper classes are selected through preimplantation genetic diagnosis to ensure they possess the best hereditary traits of their parents. A genetic registry database uses biometrics to instantly identify and classify those so created as valids while those conceived by traditional means are derisively known as faith births, god children and in-valids. While genetic discrimination is forbidden by law, in practice it is easy to profile one's genotype resulting in the Valids qualifying for professional employment while the In-Valids who are susceptible to disease are relegated to menial jobs. The movie draws on concerns over reproductive technologies which facilitate eugenics, and the possible consequences of such technological developments for society. It also explores the idea of destiny and the ways in which it can and does govern lives. Characters in Gattaca continually battle both with society and with themselves to find their place in the world and who they are destined to be according to their genes.
The title is based on the initial letters of the four DNA nitrogenous bases (adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine). During the credits the letters G, C, T, and A are all highlighted.
There is no gene for the human spirit
