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My name is Julia and I'm writing a sci-fi/fantasy novel about bloggers and wanted a place to work on the fictional blogs of my characters. This is just for fun and to get into character. Which means it's not going to be 'canon' - I don't want to worry about sticking to what is written here. This is an exercise to get me in the writing mood each day without commitment or thinking or worrying about grammar or flow. Sort of 'free style' whatever is in my heart kind of writing. The actual novel takes place roughly 20 years into the future from this point in time, so my characters are much younger than they will be in the novel. At some point I may start my own 'author blog'.

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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Genetic Progress and my novels predictions

In my novel genetic enhancements are very common, and here is an article about research in this area:

Genetic engineer could make doping obsolete

Speed, strength and endurance — the qualities of every athletic competition — could develop on a new front that is virtually undetectable and involves no use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Several experts in genetic engineering told congressional staff members that information on the connections between genes and performance is accumulating so quickly that it will inevitably lead to a day when illegal use of steroids and other strategies are replaced by genetic engineering.

Schemes to install genes that stimulate greater production of red blood cells or greater muscle growth already are being promoted, said University of California, San Diego geneticist Theodore Friedmann.

“They’re clearly hyped, they’re clearly overblown, they’re clearly wrong, in my opinion,” he said, “but this science is inevitable, and it’s not too early to think about public policy in this area.”

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