The Human Kabbalah

This chapter is about the Human Genome Project. It was an ongoing nonprofit international research consortium that had been working to decipher the complete sequence of nucleotides, or letters, in human DNA. I never realized how much of a competition it was to be the first to read it! One thing that I found really interesting was the idea presented in the book of a smart card. If they were able to read the DNA they would store all the information on the Smart Card and you would have to carry around in your billfold or purse "just in case". Your doctor would read the smart card, and it would show your total biological-software code. Your doctor would be able to see the bugs in your code. The bugs are genes that make you vulnerable ti certain diseases. If you became sick, doctors could watch activity of your genes, using a so-called gene chips. Then doctors could watch how your body is responding to treatments! All our genes would be observed, operating in immense symphony. Just think of how this could totally change medicine?! It really blew my mind when I read that.