Babies diagnosed with cystic fibrosis are prone to lung infections, have difficulty breathing and eating. Numerous medications merely alleviate some symptoms, but most patients still do not live past the age of 30. The final and perhaps most important reason to clone is for cancer, which is second to cardiovascular diseases in the leading causes of adult deaths in the United States. When cancer multiplies, it cannot be stopped without the use of strong medications. One of the most popular treatments for cancer is chemotherapy.
Chemotherapy works well in killing cancer cells, but it also kills the healthy cells.
During treatment, I was in and out of the hospital, I reacted so poorly to chemotherapy. Sometimes I couldn t even keep water down. Recalls one cancer patient while on chemotherapy. Some believe it does more harm that good and some patients quit after only one or two chemotherapy sessions because the drugs make them violently ill. Even Dr. Folkman himself says, I ve been waiting for results like these my whole life.