Originally published September 26 2005
Genomics advances stir debate
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
While advances in the genomics field may have some positive impacts in medicine and other areas, many are opposed to practices like cloning and genetically altering foods, and one columnist warns that genomics has a darker side and presents us with many scientific and moral dilemmas.
Though most do not consider doing so, we should also feel a sense of mistrust in a rising and influential branch of science known as genomics.
With over a century of study, geneticists now know that locked within genes are the instructions to direct the assembly of every cell in living bodies.
Since genes direct the assembly of all living cells, experts believe that it should be possible to treat chronic health problems by introducing corrective genes into patients.
The United States is one of the leading nations where farmers grow genetically modified foods.
Earlier this year, scientists announced that they had successfully created a strain of rice genetically altered to prevent vitamin A deficiency, the leading cause of blindness.
A genome identifies the full complement of genetic information that a living organism inherits from its parents.
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You have never seen your brain, the seat of your intellect and all that you are.
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