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Only God has the right to interfere with our genes'.
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Only God has the right to interfere with out genes' Genetic engineering is 'the deliberate modification of the characters of an organism by the manipulation of the genetic material' (OED). In connection with medicine it is using techniques of gene development and manipulation to find cures or prevention for disease and disabilities in humans. Genetic diseases affect large numbers of people. Defective inherited genes can cause physical deformity, retardation and possible early death. Scientists are involved in genetic research into cystic fybrosis, muscular dystrophy, sickle-cell anaemia (which only affects black Africans) and Huntington's chorea. They have been helped by the Human Genome Project, which is mapping all the genes in the human body. There are two different types of genetic engineering. One is Somatic cell engineering, which only affects the person of which the engineering is being performed on. The other type is germ line, which affects the future generations....
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