Industrious Dad Finds the Genetic Culprit To His Daughters Mysterious Disease

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Industrious Dad Finds the Genetic Culprit To His Daughters Mysterious Disease

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @08:06PM from the doing-your-own-research dept.

First time accepted submitter bmahersciwriter writes "Hugh Rienhoff has searched for more than a decade for the cause of a mysterious constellation of clinical features in his daugther Bea: skinny legs, curled fingers and always the specter that she might have a high risk of cardiovascular complications. He even bought second hand lab equipment to prepare some of her genes for sequencing in his basement. Now, he has an answer."

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Origin by Sasayaki · 2013-06-26 20:15 · Score: 3, Funny

Alas, this kind of origin story is less suited to a superhero, more suited to a supervillain.
Good to see people bucking the trope.

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1. Re:Origin by crutchy · 2013-06-26 21:35 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  reminds me of that dude that created the t-virus to cure his daughter... and instead created... Milla Jovovich... fucking genius!
2. Re:Origin by SuricouRaven · 2013-06-26 23:20 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I just like the idea of a villain who goes around infecting alternative medicine advocates with terrible but treatable diseases, forcing them to either demonstrate their lack of confidence by seeking conventional medical help or demonstrate how ineffective their quackery is by depending upon it and dying.
3. Re:Origin by LeadSongDog · 2013-06-27 05:59 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Surely that's the premise of "Breaking Dad"?
  
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Re:liberalism is these disease by Anonymous Coward · 2013-06-27 01:33 · Score: 2, Funny

Well, to be fair he does make a compelling point that environmental input may, in fact, impart genetic conditions. How else would you explain the bible giving him the retards?
Re:Fluoride? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-06-27 02:41 · Score: 5, Funny

Searching for "fluoride and elvis" leads to 2,500,000+ web pages, so I'd be much more worried about fluoridated water driving me to wear jumpsuits than about birth defects.