Genetic Code

THE PROSPECT of relieving human suffering has never been greater, thanks to an unprecedented bounty of medical breakthroughs. Recent advances are not only quelling the demons of the mind and soothing the agonies of the flesh, but they are promising to change the very way medicine is practiced.A revolution is in the offing. For the first time, physicians have access to the genetic code -- the cornerstone of an individual's health -- and they are using it to steer a new course for medicine.