States Storing And Selling Your DNA At Birth Without Explicit Notice Consent (TBA: Hospitals Doctors Testlabs Too)

[Shelley]

On November 14, 2015 8:43:49 AM Georgi Guninski <guninski at guninski.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 10:20:04AM -0500, dan at geer.org wrote:
> > http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-ear-made-with-van-gogh-dna-1=
> > 80957230/?no-ist
> > .... Using DNA extracted from a stamp
> > licked by the artist, as well as cell samples collected from van
> > Gogh's great-great-grandnephew, Strebe and team created "Sugababe,"
> > an artificially grown ear suspended in a clear gel.
> >
>
> Definitely don't believe usable human DNA on a stamp can survive over
> 120 years unless very carefully preserved since the beginning.
>

Every time I see someone lick an envelope, I tease them for contributing to 
the global DNA database.  Maybe the joke isn't that funny anymore.

-S