Thursday, 3 October 2013

“Build-a-Baby” DNA Database Patent Sounds Worryingly Like Gattaca



"Build-a-Baby" DNA Database Patent Sounds Worryingly Like Gattaca
Oct 3rd 2013, 17:00, by Gerald Lynch

gattacaDo you remember Gattaca, the 1997 dystopian sci-fi film in which Ethan Hawke endures a lifetime of prejudice because his parents chose not to supercharge his genes at birth? It’s an unsettling vision of an intolerant future, and one that could become a reality if 23andMe’s “Build-a-Baby” DNA database patent ever becomes an actual thing. [...]

    







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