Welcome to Gattaca: Genetic Discrimination Becomes Reality – Video

Posted: Published on June 10th, 2012

This post was added by Dr Simmons



09-06-2012 16:05 06/07-08/2012 Mom gave a blood sample. Dad spit. The entire genome of their fetus was born. Researchers at the University of Washington have, for the first time, done a near-total genome sequence of a fetus in this way. Scientists published the results of this study in the journal Science Translational Medicine, suggesting that thousands of genetic diseases could be detected in children while they are still in the fetal stage. More:

Read more from the original source:
Welcome to Gattaca: Genetic Discrimination Becomes Reality - Video

This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink.

Comments are closed.