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...experiment proposed by Dr. Anderson is more controversial. He would use gene therapy to treat children who lack a key immune-system enzyme called adenosine deaminase (ADA), leaving them vulnerable to every passing germ. Some researchers question the wisdom of performing a novel -- and potentially dangerous -- therapy on children, especially since there is already an effective drug treatment. "There are a lot of other diseases without therapies," says Duke University's Dr. Michael Hershfield, an expert on ADA deficiency. "And they're in adults who can make decisions for themselves...
...Lunch. I have some low-fat yogurt, mixed with wheat germ. And some corn chips, to keep up my strength. Still feeling great. I think I'll go to the MAC after my 2 p.m. section...
...Kraus' plan was the germ of the system that is currently in place," Jones says. "The system was based on financial need, which was a new idea for the grad school. And at that point, Harvard [was in] a pioneering situation...
...experiment took place without publicity last June, and was only recently described at a medical meeting in Paris. The operation was performed when the child, David, was a 30-week-old fetus. So far, the results have been remarkable. Though he has been confined since birth to a germ-free flexible plastic bubble in order to protect him from the outside world, David, now seven months old, appears to have an immune system that is on the mend. If all goes well, David could leave his sterile prison by summer's end. Though his survival is not assured, the experiment...
...geneticist is currently planning to transfer genes to human germ cells. Even though mankind has been playing God since biblical times, rearranging the germ lines of crops and farm animals to suit human needs, researchers do not advocate extending such genetic tinkering to people. But medical scientists have an obligation to protect humanity against disease and pestilence. Once it becomes possible to eradicate a gene that causes a fatal disorder, and thus keep it from passing to future generations, it will be criminal not to do so. As director of the Human Genome Project, James Watson contends that the research...