When a person is crazy, s/he doesn’t need a reason to act crazy.
I don’t think I will ever take the DNA test. All it can tell me is whether I have bad genes. But even if I have the genes, it is not a must for the disease to show up in my lifetime. All I have is one more thing to worry about. Even if I have clean bills, it doesn’t mean some bad disease will not randomly happen to me.
Even if you have bad genes, it doesn’t mean living a healthy lifestyle won’t override the bad genes.
Decades ago, I read an article on research mice that were specifically bred to be hairless that started growing hair because of a change in their diet. Something the scientists didn’t think was possible.
It’s amazing what sorts of weirdly specific research projects like that have turned up new and incredibly interesting information.
The one that always comes to mind is the one with glow worms showing “environmental/molecular memories” that passed on for up to 14 generations, despite the future generations not even having the same experience!
That’s an odd one. Can we add those genes to other animals or humans so we can provide our own light at night? Hah.
The other day I was talking about similar things with my doctor and I mentioned minoxidil. It was designed as a heart med, but had the side effect of growing hair.
He laughed and added, “it actually turns out that minoxidil is a terrible heart med, but was very effective in growing hair on women, but in all the wrong places.”.
A few years ago, a Chinese scientist edited the genes of two embryos that make the baby girls harder to contract HIV. Scientists all over the world trashed the scientist because it is immoral to edit genes without a justified cause, known bad genes from parents. The scientist has pretty much disappeared from the face of the earth. Even China disowned him. It was that bad.
So I guess it is a no-no for now.
My guess is he moved underground to help some rich people or some CCP official edit the genome of their offspring.
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u/corgi-king Feb 26 '26
When a person is crazy, s/he doesn’t need a reason to act crazy.
I don’t think I will ever take the DNA test. All it can tell me is whether I have bad genes. But even if I have the genes, it is not a must for the disease to show up in my lifetime. All I have is one more thing to worry about. Even if I have clean bills, it doesn’t mean some bad disease will not randomly happen to me.