*Pat's self on back* Well done me. [Picture of Adriana is irrelevant, I have a reputation of making sexy threads so I should live up to it] [url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/revealed-scientists-edit-dna-to-correct-adult-genes-and-cure-diseases-9273555.htm]Well I'd like to provide some discussion, so recently they have made an excellent breakthrough in editing DNA so scientists could essentially edit someones DNA and cure them of a disease.[/url] [quote]Scientists have used the genome-editing technology to cure adult laboratory mice of an inherited liver disease by correcting a single “letter” of the genetic alphabet which had been mutated in a vital gene involved in liver metabolism. A similar mutation in the same gene causes the equivalent inherited liver disease in humans – and the successful repair of the genetic defect in laboratory mice raises hopes that the first clinical trials on patients could begin within a few years, scientists said.[/quote] Great breakthrough for science and mankind.