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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] 2 points 2 years ago

It's possible to fix genetic disorders, but it's untested as of now. It has been tested actually, but with mixed results because cancer insertions.

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