Gene Therapy: The Current Codon Status

Abstract

Scenes of scientists exploiting the genetic material from an amber trapped mosquito which had apparently sucked the blood of a ferocious dinosaur to finally create a monster had captured the imagination of audience world wide. Genetic engineering has since then gradually emerged from the shadows of fantastic and novelistic ideas depicted in the wildly successful Jurassic Park to the box-office flop Alien: Resurrection . The image of creating a seemingly flawless piece of genetic thread finely entwined following years of research spent in solving the genetic jigsaw has captured the imagination of the world. The implications are huge and often exaggerated but never thought to be beyond the reach of the ever-so impatient man. The impact of genetic engineering on the society is often debated but a final decision will unfortunately have to wait.