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# Narf!
I don't quite understand why the (bbc pic) rat's haemoglobin red doesn't show through the blue at all. I would expect the skin to be a mix between pink and blue.
(, Tue 28 Jul 2009, 11:57, archived)
# One of the side effects is all of its blood falls out.
They're calling it a 'teething problem'.
(, Tue 28 Jul 2009, 11:58, archived)
# yeh i thought that, must totally change the blood colour.
also: The skin colouring could last longer in humans, however, as our metabolism is about eight times slower. Sweet.
(, Tue 28 Jul 2009, 11:59, archived)
# You could just take a bath in food colouring?
(, Tue 28 Jul 2009, 12:01, archived)
# but get someone to break my spine first,
shouldn't be too hard.
(, Tue 28 Jul 2009, 12:01, archived)
# Would break the ice at parties!
Just wait a couple of years before cosmetics companies figure out how to localise colour changes like that. Semi-permanent lipstick, eyeshadow, etc. People would buy it.
(, Tue 28 Jul 2009, 12:03, archived)
# ha yeh good point
and quite scary. All this talk of 'designer' babies, reminding everyone of WW2.
(, Tue 28 Jul 2009, 12:05, archived)
# Gattaca
(, Tue 28 Jul 2009, 12:06, archived)
# "Designer babies" is a misleading term
It implies that the genetic changes are made only for aesthetic purposes (eye colour, hair, etc). If it's possible to delete/fix defective genes that would cause the child health trouble later in life, why not do it?
I'll have to stop myself here. It's one of the topics I tend to rant about :)
(, Tue 28 Jul 2009, 12:12, archived)