"With the human genome mapped and with cloning-type experimentation being perfected, it shouldn't be too long before some incredible cures are discovered."


Last month's issue of Harper's Magazine has a terrific article detailing why this is probably not the case. As soon as it's available online I'll post a link. Basically the article discusses how, as we've gained a greater understanding of the genome, we are discovering that the traditional Watson-Crick model of chromosome replication is seriously lacking. As a result, simply mapping the human genome is just the beginning of a much longer and more complicated process to truely being able to practice gene therapy or genetic engineering.