http://futurismic.com/2009/02/11/gattaca-becomes-reality-all-babies-to-be-dna-sequenced-at-birth-by-2020/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://futurismic.com/2009/02/11/gattaca-becomes-reality-all-babies-to-be-dna-sequenced-at-birth-by-2020/comment-page-1/#comment-20400 C.Schmidt Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:25:03 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=6045#comment-20400 @ Liz, I agree. http://www.newsy.com/videos/babies_made_to_order/ talks about how there is a clinic that will let you chose the sex amongst other things before getting pregnant...Something tells me we are getting ahead of ourselves in technology. @ Liz, I agree. http://www.newsy.com/videos/babies_made_to_order/ talks about how there is a clinic that will let you chose the sex amongst other things before getting pregnant…Something tells me we are getting ahead of ourselves in technology.

]]> http://futurismic.com/2009/02/11/gattaca-becomes-reality-all-babies-to-be-dna-sequenced-at-birth-by-2020/comment-page-1/#comment-18976 Liz Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:48:48 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=6045#comment-18976 As far as the capability is concerned, 2020 is a pessimistic prediction. The $10,000 genome is <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090206/full/news.2009.86.html" rel="nofollow">just about here</a> already, and a $1,000 genome doesn't seem out of the question even with present technology, never mind whatever the next generation does. As far as the capability is concerned, 2020 is a pessimistic prediction. The $10,000 genome is just about here already, and a $1,000 genome doesn’t seem out of the question even with present technology, never mind whatever the next generation does.

]]> http://futurismic.com/2009/02/11/gattaca-becomes-reality-all-babies-to-be-dna-sequenced-at-birth-by-2020/comment-page-1/#comment-18969 Madeline Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:41:49 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=6045#comment-18969 So at what point do we see genome-horror a la "The Omen" or "Rosemary's Baby," wherein the parents know that the baby has a "psychopath gene," and spend his toddlerhood under the pall of dread, waiting for him to inevitably snap? (Surely someone's already written this story.) So at what point do we see genome-horror a la “The Omen” or “Rosemary’s Baby,” wherein the parents know that the baby has a “psychopath gene,” and spend his toddlerhood under the pall of dread, waiting for him to inevitably snap? (Surely someone’s already written this story.)

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