Printing Humans: Controversial DNA startup wants to let customers create creatures

On: January 6, 2015

[T]his is where genetics and scientific hubris is leading us: toward a horrifying future where anyone can print a creature based on unique DNA. Startup digital DNA company, Cambrian, will digitize your dream and ‘print’ the DNA you requested so that anyone with the funds can edit existing DNA orContinue Reading

XNAs touted as road to synthetic life and more

By: Sharon

On: December 2, 2014

In: Genetics, Pestilence & Disease, Population Control, Science

]O]h, the hubris of mankind! To think that some scientists genuinely believe that they can improve upon God’s design just boggles the mind. Philipp Holliger and his team in Cambridge (UK) claim to have one-upped God Himself by creating a better nucleic acid. XNAs have been around for several decadesContinue Reading

Multiplex Parenting May Be Next…

By: Sharon

On: March 8, 2014

In: Genetics, Science

[M]ost of you reading this blog know all about three-way parenting where a second female contributes mitochondrial DNA to a fertilized egg and becomes in essence a ‘second mother’. Well, hold on to your PCR machines, kiddoes, there’s a new gamete in town. IVG is the process us turning adultContinue Reading

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