Re: Historic Moment (NOT) Missed !!!!

Anders Sandberg (nv91-asa@nada.kth.se)
Thu, 31 Jul 1997 23:02:28 +0200 (MET DST)


On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, Prof. Jose Gomes Filho wrote:

> A related question is if it is already possible to change the
> genoma of an already alive human, like us ?

Yes, gene therapy exists. But so far the results have been rather
dissapointing - it is hard to change many cells in a certain organ in
a living body, and much harder to change *all* cells in the body.

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