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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* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I was doing some digging and found the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), an EU institution. It receives less than €60 million annually (I don't think this is much?)

There's also the Chinese equivalent, the CCDC. This is their website https://www.chinacdc.cn/en/

Edit: On a national level, I don't know how much impact they have

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

Thanks! So we need to get info if they're doing medical studies on new drugs and therapies.