Therefore, research must go forward. The opportunities and challenges that the new genetics present for understanding the causes of disease and developing new treatments and prevention necessitate its continuation. For that to happen, people must be protected from abuse and discrimination. Morality and medicine must meet. For instance, no one has adequately dealth with the psychological implications of transmitting knowledge formed in fright.
More practical matters are no less complicated.
A shortened life span fits downsizing, but not employer insurance plans. Health care, already a conundrum, will slouch towards pandemonium when faced with an influx of genetically marked men and women. The perils of genetic testing are as great as its possibilities. Adding to the confusion is the fact that not all genetic diseases are alike. Some come later in life and some never come at all.