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...aberrant genes, are missing from an individual's system. Equally promising, researchers are honing their skills in a technique that may cause one of the most significant changes in the history of medicine. It is known as gene therapy: the introduction of genes into existing cells to prevent or cure a wide range of diseases, including cancer...
...able to use stem cells in the landmark therapy with little Ashanthi DeSilva, for example, follow-up treatments would not have been necessary. Endowed with the normal gene, the marrow stem cells would have produced a continuing supply of new white blood cells carrying that gene, and Ashanthi's cure would have been permanent...
...fight against the cluster of diseases collectively known as cancer. The struggle has been long and hard and, unlike work in other medical fields, has produced few really dramatic breakthroughs. But patient by patient, tumor by tumor, doctors are beginning to gain ground. "We may not know how to cure most cancers yet," says Dr. Richard Klausner, director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), "but we do know what we need to do to get there. And that's very exciting...
...desperate retreat. Instead, it looms as a protracted guerrilla conflict in which reliable intelligence and rapid reaction are the keys to survival. The enemy could strike anywhere at any time. Only when a disease outbreak has been contained can doctors allow themselves the luxury of thinking about prevention and cure...
...stepped in to provide training and sharing of lab facilities. But the efforts are limited at best, and governments in Africa, the Far East and South America are not always receptive to international intervention. Ideally, says Morse, doctors and public-health officials would love to be able to cure every disease they encounter or, failing that, to predict where and when the next outbreak will take place. "The current system is a reactive one," he admits. "Our ability for prediction will remain limited for quite some time...