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Even more provocative is a new area of research that combines the techniques of in vitro fertilization with the latest advances in genetic screening. Abnormalities like sickle-cell anemia or cystic fibrosis are present in the genetic code from the moment of conception. Since embryos in their earliest stages are fairly forgiving -- they can lose a cell or two without impairing their subsequent development -- it is theoretically possible to remove a cell from, say, a 16-cell embryo, test it for a suspected defect, and get the answer before that embryo is inserted into the uterus for implantation...
...biologists and particle physicists find it impossible to agree on the relative merits of the Human Genome Project and the superconducting supercollider. "Scientists are scared to death about having to make such choices," says Francis Collins, the University of Michigan geneticist who led the teams responsible for identifying the cystic fibrosis and neurofibromatosis genes. "It's such a contentious area that I'm afraid people won't be able to agree...
...government gets a few million back this year. But how long have Harvard and other schools been overcharging the government? From what is already known, it appears that many worthy medical causes--like AIDS, cancer and cystic fibrosis--might be receiving greater research support if the federal government were not pouring millions into illegitimate overhead charges...
Edward Mullin said that Terri had planned to go on a speaking tour for the book, the name of which comes from a collection of Northern Irish poems. Both the book and the tour were intended to raise awareness about cystic fibrosis and its sufferers...
...wanted very much to help fellow cystic fibrosis sufferers," her mother said...