X-Message-Number: 5298 Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 22:58:16 -0500 From: "Keith F. Lynch" <> Subject: Re: Human Genome Project In #5287 Robin Helweg-Larsen <> writes: > Does anyone have suggestions for finding a news- or discussion-group > about the Human Genome Project? There is a newsgroup "bionet.molbio.genome-program". > ... it looks as though A LOT of money is going into HGP ... is any of > it government money? Almost all of it is. > ... they could end up solving most of the problems that cryonics faces > in terms of suspension and revival. No. Knowing the complete genetic code is useful, but it won't gain us the ability to repair flawed instances of the genetic code (i.e. in a person with a genetic disorder), much less to repair damaged cells or to freeze people without causing damage. -- Keith Lynch, http://www.access.digex.net/~kfl/ Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=5298