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Regeneron is to pay $256 million in cash to acquire "substantially all" of 23andMe's assets, including its massive biobank of around 15 million customer genetic samples and data.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

My dad was all about this for a while, including convincing my siblings and a few of his siblings to get the report.

I guess that means I'm somehow linked in to this if I ever happen to leave my DNA laying around in the wrong place.

He's awfully quiet about it now though.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In 30 years they're going to squirt genetically modified copies of you into corporate artificial uteruses and that's how they will meet their worker needs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Doubtful. Even one of me is pretty lazy. They'll want someone more apt for their clone army.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

Don't worry that's the parts they will genetically modify to make you more docile and servile.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Dammit noooo there can only be one

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

Technically it won't be exactly you as they'll genetically change you to be more docile

[–] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Of the 4 suspects they list, 2 "supposedly" confessed a murder to someone (which they didn't do)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Confessions by proxy according to the article and cleared by DNA. I don't see the relevance?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

No relevance, sorry. It was interesting. Just goes to show the truthfulness of some testimonies.