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joelg236  ·  4310 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Data Storage in DNA Becomes a Reality

I'm no genetic expert, but do races actually have that distinguishable DNA that they can be targeted? I'm sure on a much more general scale it's possible (ex. small pox vs. native americans), but a specific culture seems like a stretch.





kleinbl00  ·  4310 days ago  ·  link  ·  

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/11/hacking-...

The reason Africans get more sickle-cell anemia is because it's a side-effect of blood evolved to be more resistant to malaria. Some asians flush when they're drunk, others don't. There's all sorts of individuality that has a physiological component.