Fiction or near reality?

Introduction
Gattaca 1997, sci-fi story
Eugenics- VALIDs and IN-VALIDs

Manipulation with genetic code mapping

NASA-most realistic Sci-Fi film of all times What is, what will be, and what will never be

Human Genome Project

2003 Human Genome Project
1) Identifying 20,000-25,000 genes 2) Sequences of 3 billion chemical base pairs

3) storing this information in databases

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With HGP being successful, new possibilities are

brought.

State of the art

PGD Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis:
In vitro fertilization (IVF) Testing of embryos for genetic disorders PGD misuse selecting gender?

(forbidden in most countries)

State of the art

PGS Pre-implantation Genetic Screening:
Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)

Checking the chromosomes for common abnormalities

Difference between PGD and PGS:
PGD - Embryos least likely to have genetic problems PGS Screening embryos number of chromosomes

Future plans
By 2020

the equipment for genetic mapping service should be so affordable that all newborns will have their genomes sequenced at birth -chief executive of Illumina + Early treatment - Discrimination

Conclusion:
Big but
Less than 2% of all diseases can be attributed to single

genes Predispositions to cancer, hide the fact that important environmental factors are forgotten This approach is a bad spending of resources and it would be much better finding real causes of diseases, then identifying genes that predispose people to diseases.