As you all probably know, President Clinton recently announced that the complete human gene structure had now been identified. There is already active research on gene therapy, that is inserting genes that may be useful. This research is in a very early phase, and we really don't have enough understanding of which genes might be safely manipulated, let alone how to do it. I really cannot make an intelligent guess. A major breakthrough in understanding might make a genetic approach much more useful, but for now, I think it is on the longer term horizon.
Cancer is quite different.
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