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This blog describes Metatime in the Posthuman experience, drawn from Sir Isaac Newton's secret work on the future end of times, a tract in which he described Histories of Things to Come. His hidden papers on the occult were auctioned to two private buyers in 1936 at Sotheby's, but were not available for public research until the 1990s.



Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Embryos with Bar Codes

Image Source: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona via news.com.au.

Scientists are considering barcoding embryos in order to avoid IVF mix-ups.  A report from Fox News carried by news.com.au (here) describes this approach being tested on mouse embryos at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Spain.  There are original UAB sites on the subject here, here and here.

Image Source: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona via news.com.au.

Reference article: "A Novel Embryo Identification System by Direct Tagging Using Silicon-Based Barcodes." Novo, S., Barrios, L., Santaló, J., Gómez-Martínez, R., Duch, M., Esteve, J., Plaza, J.A., Nogués, C., Ibáñez, E. Human Reproduction. doi:10.1093/humrep/deq309.
Posted by LC Douglass at 8:58:00 PM
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1 comment:

  1. JayDecember 15, 2010 at 10:50 PM

    Okay, this is scarier than the Chernobyl one! Brave New World, anyone???

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