Mummy I wanna be an Artist

Dan of Dan’s Data recently posted an article about Genetic Modification of Humans. While its not the most informative piece, at least for those who understand genetics in at least a high school way, it does have several good links and provokes some interesting thoughts.

What would you change about your self if you could wave a magic wand? The first things I would change would be purely physical. Convince my body to not store more than 1% fat, in the modern western world we have no need for fat reserves. I wouldn’t do anything about my physical appearance beyond getting a perfectly healthy body, although I probably would reverse a bit of hair loss.