Your DNA vulnerable to NSA snooping, too?
June 28, 2013 -- USA TODAY: "Finally, there is the future potential of a biological weapon designed to target a particular group or even an individual based on unique genetic variants."
Genetic Profiled Drugs Promoted by
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
March 23, 2005 -- The U.S. federal pharmaceuticals regulator has taken a significant step
toward the development of so-called personalized medicine, in which
drugs would be tailored to individuals based on their genetic profiles.
Major New Study Warns Ethnic Weapons Are Closer Than Ever
Oct.
25, 2004, The British Medical Association issued its strongest warning
yet that genetically engineered bioweapons that can target ethnic
groups are a very real danger.
Malcolm Dando, author of the BMA's
study, Biological Weapons and Humanity II, told reporters at a news
conference that these and other biological weapons, "could be used by sub-state terror groups and
eventually by deranged individuals."
Race-Based Medicine,
Genomics, and You
Nov.
9, 2004, BiDil, the first "race-specific" drug was announced today by
the NitroMed company and is intended to treat heart failure in
African-Americans.
Caucasians Show Genetic Resistance to HIV
Jan. 7, 2005, Studies released this week and last year suggest that the roots of AIDS
immunity extend back for centuries, long before the disease even
existed. Our ethnic backgrounds and the illnesses suffered by our
distant ancestors appear to play a crucial role in determining whether
our genes will allow HIV to take hold in our bodies.
Tokyo Adopts Textbook
Whitewashing WWII War Crimes
Aug. 27, 2004, Tokyo--Both
China and the South Korean governments have formally protested the
Tokyo metropolitan board of education's decision to adopt a
textbook which, according to South Korea, "rationalizes Japan's past wrongdoings based on a self-centered historical viewpoint.''
According to Tokyo newspaper, Asahi Shimbun,
the textbook aims "to promote Japanese traditions, culture and values,
a concept endorsed by Tokyo's nationalist governor, Shintaro Ishihara."
Ishihara is one of the ultraconservative nationalists mentioned in Slatewiper.
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