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Marie McHarry wrote:

> We're not talking science here, Bev. We're into theology and received
> wisdom. Of course, our genes affect our health, and of course being
> active and eating well is going to allow a given individual to do as
> well as possible with the genes he was born with. Many people can
> dodge a bullet indefinitely with a healthful approach to living, but
> some can't.

According to James and Gene apparently, they fired the bullet from their 
own guns.


> There are identified genes for a number of diseases. Some examples are
> cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, Marfan syndrome, Huntington's
> disease, and hereditary hemochromatosis. Diseases in which a number of
> genes are involved include heart disease, high blood pressure,
> Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, diabetes, cancer, and obesity. If
> you've ever bred animals, you know that certain traits are highly
> heritable and others only moderately so (and that some good traits are
> associated wiith some bad ones). Humans have the same ability to
> inherit traits but the breeding isn't controlled.


Of course.  Like I said earlier, there are hundreds of proposed 
therapies for various diseases that are KNOWN to have genetic components 
and it is those diseases that hold the most promise for future work in 
genetics and gene therapy.  But James equated Gene Therapy with 
Astrology for it's usefulness in treatment.

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