ling the tumor, the virus, and the animals' cells used to manufacture the virus. With this and other ideas springing out from the "medicine cabinet", many researchers are optimistic about the results of their research. There is also a direct correlation of the sequencing of genes and production of effective drugs on diseases which may have different strands of defective genes, such as Alzheimer's. Locating these genes would be crucial to synthesizing a product to affect that specific location in the gene. The director of the gene-therapy program at the University of Southern California, Dr. W. French Anderson states, "Twenty years from now, gene therapy will have revolutionized medicine. Virtually every disease will have it as one of its treatments." Such an impact on medicine would take much longer to occur with "hit and miss" tactics, rather than methodically mapping out the blueprint for the body. So whether we, as society, want to go forward in this research slowly, or with blazing speed, scientists will go forward and do what they set out to do. The fact that this research will benefit humanity is resounding; we just need to remember to handle our findings in such a manner that benefits all of society, not just those on tops of the economical food chain. Also, persons should be able to decide for themselves if they can handle knowing what their genetic flaws are. Sometimes knowing a disease will eventually afflict you can be as emotionally devastating as actually having the disease. Some states have already enacted laws guarding the rights of individuals genetically tested. The problem is that most only cover certain procedures and not all of the testing. Whatever way we govern such testing, we have to realize, will be inefficient by most standards, as government always is, in complicated situations. I feel that if genetic information should be public knowledge, then every country using this genetic concept should provide "blan...
