Monday, July 16, 2012

DNAmancy - Who is the Luckiest of Them All?


It was the third time during the last 20 minutes that he went to the water dispenser and instead poured hot coffee. He was not thirsty. He was nervous. He had reached 2 hours before the appointed hour. He had little food or sleep in the last 7 days. Only half an hour more and the wait would be over. The anxiety was killing him. He was on the verge of lunacy due to this extreme torment. There were other people in the room and their condition was no different. Stress and tension was dripping from their faces. An old man trying to read a magazine but could not get beyond the first few lines. The blonde was pulling her hair unknowingly. The brunette was trying to calm herself, in vain. But the most astonishing was that little kid with the football. What was he doing at a place like this at such a tender age? One by one, these people were getting their reports and left. Some left ecstatic, others were tragic while others indifferent. Finally, it was number 41. He tried to move but his feet did not support him. The scene, which was the only one for the last many days in his mind, played again. The what-if question reverberated in his heart. He did not want to imagine the unthinkable. This one report would make or break his life. Or at least that was what he thought. He dragged himself towards the window. After some identity checks, he received the report.

DNA, DNA in the Cell, Who is the Luckiest of them all?


Humans being are composed of some 12 trillion “independent” pieces, called cells. Each one of these cells has the complete code of life. In other words, the whole human being can be created from just one of these 12 trillion pieces! And this is exactly how humans are made, naturally, from a single cell! This code is written in a biological language, which is called DNA. The power of DNA is unimaginable. If you have watched some Sci-Fi movies, you would surely know something about this DNA and DNA Testing. One example is that all the variations amongst the 7 billion plus population on this planet are due to a mere 0.5 percent of variation in this DNA! With all the latest technology at our disposal, we have been able to “understand” only 5 percent of the DNA while the rest is being termed as “Junk DNA”. More aptly, we are junk about the rest. That is about to change.

The same day that scientists at CERN publicly claimed to have discovered the “God Particle”, another group of alchemists had completed the core objective of alchemy. They had discovered how DNA affects the relationship of humans with other humans, and their surroundings. The thousands years of alchemy had finally arrived at its destination. The results could be devastating. They had discovered the code to read human fate from DNA! With it, all the astrology, palmistry and the likes became obsolete instantaneously. The Horoscopes were rendered futile. Instead we could have DNAscopes! Now the future of any human could be read with precision by just analyzing his/her DNA with the help of certain equipment. For the last many centuries, Alchemists were working on turning simple metals into gold. But this was only a public front into their more sinister research, which was far more vicious and dangerous. It was kept so secret that currently people think alchemists were mad and they no longer exist. On the contrary, they are far more active and stronger.  

Back at the room, he almost fainted with excitement. He got the report and was elated. He had come for testing the previous week. He wanted to check whether he would be able to get the love of his life or not. He got a 95 percent match. However, the test showed that his mate eye’s colour would be blue. While in real, she had brown. Nevertheless, the people at the facility told him that he should try DNA Transplant. He was reluctant but had no alternative. He had asked the doctor in the surgery that matches were made in heaven and fate was written already so how could it be changed. The doctor had replied with a smile, “May be your fate had it written that one day you would be having this transplant.” 



P.S. This work is based on fiction. Any resemblance to reality is entirely coincidental and unintentional.

46 comments:

  1. - interesting.

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  2. I sincerely hope we never reach this level of knowledge about the future!

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    1. yes i hope it too...but who knows... maybe it is inevitable... 100 200 or may be 1000 years but it will happen...

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  3. oooooh.. nice and very interesting indeed!! wouldn't that be something?

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    1. ah..thanks for reading and liking... yes that would be something and that would be very dangerous something... the dark science...

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  4. Erm, I need you to explain the last paragraph to me please Israr.

    Am I correct in assuming he has a ‘love of his life’ already and that she has brown eyes – but that his DNAscope showed his ideal ‘mate’ would have blue eyes? Is the idea of the transplant to change his DNA so the love of his life (with his new genetic makeup) would have brown eyes?

    What if the love of his life had a DNAscope that showed he with his present and then his new DNA was not an ideal match for her? It would follow perhaps that she would then need a DNA transplant to enable her to become the perfect match for him?

    So perhaps they should forget the DNAscope and transplants as they love each other anyway – that is of course assuming that the love of his life is interested in him in the first place…

    Sorry Israr – it is the Holmes in me…

    Anna :o]

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    1. well... you see we cannot change our future... and we say matches are made in heaven... may be they both loved each other but fate had it that they would not be together... just like so many other love stories... so he went to the facility and checked his DNA for compatibility... and he was told that a minor tweak is all that is required to change his fate... so it is not just the physical change in his DNA but the resultant change in his fate which occurs and subsequent complex reactions and processes leading into compatibility with his love :) it is not like gene therapy where you change certain DNA sequence and replace it with another and a disease is cured and so on... but here it is DNA transplant which affect something which is outside of the body... more like telepathy or something...

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    2. or you can say it has two parts... one is to know your fate... the science which is in existence...like astrology, palmistry, magic ball, cards etc etc etc...but here it is done with the help of DNA


      and the second part is then to change the future... until now it is not anywhere but in this fiction, it is shown to be possible..with the help of DNA :)

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  5. I can count on you when it comes to Science fiction. It's an amazing finding when the future and a precise one, could be analysed in a person's DNA. Will you do it? :)

    This is one of the marvels of modern Science. Nowadays, there are so many types of transplants, you name it you got it! It's not surprising if one day DNA transplant will be sought after by those who wish to fulfil their dreams!

    Interesting and brilliant! :)

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    1. naw.. probably i we would not live to see that day..but someone will... hope they dont...
      as they say ignorance is a bliss... knowing the future and then manipulating it with our limited knowledge is a recipe for disaster... :)

      thank you for reading and liking :)

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  6. Interesting but disturbing at the sane time...
    An overdose of tech here is freakin me out :-)

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    1. haha..thanks for reading and liking...yes but you cant escape tech..can you? :P

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  7. you r a real Whiz,,,the way u connect this story with the "god particle", i think its simply marvelous...,,I agree with the prediction you made, just will share what one of our physics teacher told us way back in 2001 that there are special rays emitting from our eyes, which when shows compatibility with rays of another individual, compel us to tie in relation with him/her... I guess he was surely upto this force... anyhow as always we got more than our money ;) haha

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    1. haha..you mean it is "paisa wasool" on the box office? :P

      yes as we know about hypnosis, so there are countless other metaphysical forces and energies which we are yet to discover... and surely the 90 percent junk DNA is not sitting just for a picnic in our cells..it sure has some function...

      and i say i agree with your teacher about that ray thing :P thats why i dont look people in their eyes :P

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  8. A fascinating read I love the idea of reading your DNA. Great story

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    1. thank you for reading and liking... have a nice week :)

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    1. thank you for reading and liking it..have a nice week :)

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  10. Dear friend,
    You are soooo good at story telling!! Great post sir.

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    1. HI andy... thanks for reading and liking... have a nice week...

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  11. what suspense you build! i hung on to every word.

    this subject is fascinating albeit chilling too. what happens when we know how to know? that would change SO much, wouldn't it. just the knowing?

    nice to hear from you always,

    love
    kj

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    1. thank you for reading and liking...
      yes knowing is always good but we humans have a weakness .. the instant we know something, we put it into some sinister use along with the good one...so i think if this ever happens it would be no different and dont know what is going to happen then...

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  12. Even if we acknowledge that there is destiny and our futures can be predicted, we are still adamant about changing the future to our liking. I don't see any logic in astrology or DNAscope for this reason. I am appalled at how much we think we know and how much we think we can control. Man will one day pay for failing to acknowledge his ignorance.

    Destination Infinity

    PS: The story was interesting, no doubt :)

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    1. thank you for reading and liking it... :)
      well you see astrology is one thing that you just try to know what is in store for you in the future..but you cannot do anything about it..cannot change it... but here the idea is what if you have the power to know and also the power to change it? humans have this tendency... they would like to play with and change the things around even if they are already ideal... :)

      have a nice week :)

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  13. Suspenseful, but I feel there should be more. I want more - and that's a compliment. Clever story.

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    1. and you know your being here and commenting is a great compliment to our blog..thank you for sparing the time to read and like it :) have a nice week...

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  14. Sorry to say but DNA in real is already messed up by the genetically modified food and corrupted thoughts.
    Yet, in fiction you may customize or have a "transplanted replacement" taking advantage of the trillion dollar "med-industry" which is commercialized so insurmountably.
    **************Good fiction Israr!

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    1. hahaha... if i had this power the first thing i would do would be to replace all the genes for corruption and hypocrisy from our politicians :)

      haha..yes it is a multi trillion dollar industry... could be the biggest discovery ever in our history..but i wish it does not happen..not by me at least :)

      thank you for reading and liking..have a nice week...

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  15. I really love this kinds of stories you write! It's always interesting and I'm always intrigued to know more! I hope you have a nice summer too~

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    1. thank you for reading and liking my stories. :) i will try to write more :) hopefully you would like them... have a nice summer too...if you are not in Peru by now :P

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  16. Great article Israr, i wish this technology would be introduced in our life may b i intend to change the colour of my eyes as well..p interesting i remembering the saying of a poet
    'ankh jo kuch daikhti he lab pe aa skta nhi
    mehv e hairat hun k dunya kya se kya ho jay gi' keep on sharing such ideas with us.. Happy Ramadan

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    1. thank you kiran.. hahah.. just for changing your eye colour you should buy contact lenses for 300rupees... :) :P
      thank you for reading and liking it :)
      Happy ramadhan and advance Eid mubarak to you :) have a nice week...

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  17. Fiction?
    ... Wow, dude, you had me hooked. I was wondering why this hadn't been on the news or something ='_'= Guess that in itself tells you how awesome this is.

    Anyway, I had just popped in to say Ramadan Kareem to you too x)

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    1. welcome to our blog... i guess if it ever happens it would not be in the news and would be kept secret by the power that be :) and thank you for the compliment :) means so much..

      Ramadan Kareem...and advance happy eid to you and your family..have a nice week :)

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  18. Very nice article... thank for share.. i love it.

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    1. welcome to the blog... thanks for reading and liking :)

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  19. I was reading it half way through i was like: DNA and cells?! ( a little wary of biology after a whole year of studying it..)
    This reminded me of a book i had read in which they needed a family member with exact DNA and everything of a cancer patient and none of them were a match so the parents had another daughter who was a perfect match to her sister... It was a sad book though..
    This is some really good stuff btw!

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    1. you should not be wary of biology you cant escape it :P
      yes that is simple transplant like HLA match which is done for bonemarrow transplant...but here we are talking about Kismat transplant :) i hope it does not translate into reality...
      happy ramadhan and advance eid mubarak to you :) have a nice week...

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  21. Nicely done....

    i am afraid if i continue reading your DNA's posts i'll be a molecular Biologist.

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    1. hahaha... thanks bro... i hope you do well in engineering :) best of luck...

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  22. postingan yang bagus tentang DNAmancy - Who is the Luckiest of Them All?

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  23. the butterfly effect17 September 2012 at 11:48

    My maternal grandpa was an alchemist.

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    1. wow...really? you never told... we would like to know more about the alchemist :)

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