• Question: When do you think we can cure genetic diseases?

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      Asked by Sabrina-Ross!!!!!!!! to Alex, Anaïs, Peter, Shreesha on 18 Mar 2015.
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        Peter Maskell answered on 18 Mar 2015:

        about 40-50 years. but we will still die of something.

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        Shreesha Bhat answered on 18 Mar 2015:

        Gene therapy has not yet been legalised or approved, except in some countries like China. Once it gets approved, we may see genetic diseases getting cured. But still, its a long way to go.

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        Anaïs Pujol answered on 19 Mar 2015:

        Research takes time and money, in 25 years genetic research did a big jump and genetic therapy is a true hope for disease where gene is well known and identified, however there are still a lot to do…

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