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Is modern medicine affecting the human gene pool? (www.thenakedscientists.com)
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What's your opinion on this? Is curing hereditary diseases on a genetic level a scientific possibility? If so, why there's a focus on supressing those diseases or their symptoms?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I’m not sure but Is there any genuine gocus in say, preventing those diseases in the first place than just contain them indefinitely?

Well, that's a whole different discussion from the question you started with...