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To start sequencing everyone's genome as they're born seems a little Gattaca. We might as well fingerprint everyone and submit them to a national database while
by mhurron 10y ago
To start sequencing everyone's genome as they're born seems a little Gattaca. We might as well fingerprint everyone and submit them to a national database while we're at it.
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- tempestn 10y agoSeems pretty likely to me that if we stick around long enough we will definitely sequence everyone's DNA as a matter of course. What we'll want is to have a decent ethical and legal framework around that by the time it happens.
- givinguflac 10y agoIn the US it is actually quite common (if not consistent) that newborns have blood samples taken for screening. I would be surprised if those samples are destroyed after, so we are certainly well on our way.