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["Ward Barnes" <ward_p_barnes@hotmail.com>]

>From: Art Petrzelka >

I bought the story about curing all of mankind's ailments, too. > >But the more I learn about genetic engineering, the less I like it.

An interesting novel concerning genetic engineering and the unintended consequences is, "Mount Dragon" by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.  According to the story line an attempt to genetically engineer a cure for influenza produced a strain that could not be cured.  While the story is fiction it does help point out the dangers of "Fooling Mother Nature".

Ward Barnes, Wake, VA.

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