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Author Topic:   The next stage of human evolution
kuresu
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Message 31 of 33 (343997)
08-27-2006 4:16 PM
Reply to: Message 30 by mitchellmckain
08-27-2006 4:13 PM


Re: Technological enhancement
no kidding about the deep and difficult. If we can get rid of Down's, why stop there? Eventually someone, somewhere, as you pointed out, will try to do more.
Unfortunately, it'll happen with or without regulation.
If only, if only, the woodpecker did cry,
all humans were good, and none had to die.
that made no sense.

All a man's knowledge comes from his experiences

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obvious Child
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Message 32 of 33 (344080)
08-27-2006 10:17 PM
Reply to: Message 29 by kuresu
08-27-2006 3:22 PM


Re: Technological enhancement
i didn't say everything. You sure about homozygous? I recall reading something about alot of adults in Africa with homozygous who were completely immune to malarity.

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kuresu
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Message 33 of 33 (344094)
08-27-2006 10:58 PM
Reply to: Message 32 by obvious Child
08-27-2006 10:17 PM


Re: Technological enhancement
The sufferers of the illness have a reduced life span. It is believed that carriers (sickle cell trait) are relatively resistant to malaria. Since the gene is incompletely recessive, carriers have a few sickle red blood cells at all times, not enough to cause symptoms, but enough to give resistance to malaria. Because of this, heterozygotes have a higher fitness than either of the homozygotes.
from Sickle cell disease - Wikipedia
that five year figure I picked up here, and I should've added "if left uncared for--ie no treatments to alleviate the problem--the child dies soon after birth--soon being a perhaps tortuos five or so years of existence.
only beneficial if you're a carrier.

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