If this sounds familiar, you probably saw it in the 1997 movie
Gattaca. In the film, a sort of instant readout of the newly born baby's genetic code was given to parents right after birth, detailing genetic predisposition from everything from disease to baldness to predicted lifespan. The film shows the logical progression society would then take when this becomes possible, with a sort of genetic underclass being formed. It's well worth watching if you haven't seen it.
Babies born from 2019 onwards will have their genetic code routinely mapped at birth, predicts Jay Flatley, one of the world's leading genome sequencing experts.
Dr Flatley, the chief executive of Illumina, the world's leading genome sequencing company, said technology capable of giving complete DNA read-outs at birth will be widely available within a decade.
Dr Flatley told The Times newspaper that the diminishing cost of the technology would provoke a "healthcare revolution" allowing conditions such as diabetes and heart disease to be predicted and prevented.
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If this sounds familiar, you probably saw it in the 1997 movie Gattaca. In the film, a sort of instant readout of the newly born baby's genetic code was given to parents right after birth, detailing genetic predisposition from everything from disease to baldness to predicted lifespan. The film shows the logical progression society would then take when this becomes possible, with a sort of genetic underclass being formed. It's well worth watching if you haven't seen it.
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