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by torrent-of-ions 3256 days ago
We can already detect and eliminate genetic disorders.
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Just barely... only for single nucleotide disorders and we are finding that a lot of the coding in the genome is not continuous and can be broken up by hundreds if not thousands of base pairs.

Deep learning texhniques should help us identify the genetic causes of sone diseases but I suspect that our microbiome and epigenetic factors play a much larger role than currently known.