BIOTECH: Making fashion statements

From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Tue Jun 19 2001 - 16:05:24 MDT


As reported in:
 Colorful Proof of Gene Control
 http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2001/615/1

It is now possible to change your hair color (if you have
been genetically engineered to do so...) by simply changing
your "sucrose-water" drink to a "lactose-water" drink.

Gadzooks, what are the luddites going to think -- I can see
it now:
  "We must reverse this trend. People should get their hair
   colored the old-fashioned way with carcinogenic dyes derived
   from *natural* coal-tar deposits".

Robert



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