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| HEALTH ARTICLES |
| 2010 | 
Examining DNA sequence gels. |
• Genetic testing will be available for 25 common conditions such as colon cancer.
• Interventions will be available to decrease a person’s risk of most of these genetic diseases.
For example, patients found to be at high risk for colon cancer will be told to undergo regular colonoscopies beginning at age 25.
• Gene therapy will prove successful for several conditions.
• Most doctors will begin practicing genetic medicine.
• Preimplanation diagnosis will be widely available.
• The limitations of genetic testing will be fiercely debated. Questions will include, What applications are appropriate?
• Effective legislative solutions to medical records privacy will be in place in the United States.
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Access to genetic screening and therapies remains inequitable, especially in the developing world.
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| 2020 | 
Circular double stranded human DNA molecules wrap around one another. |
• Gene-based designer drugs will be available for common conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure.
• Cancer therapy will be targeted to the molecular fingerprint of the tumor.
• Pharmacogenetic applications will be standard practice for the diagnosis and treatment of many diseases.
• Genetic diagnosis and treatment of mental illness will be avaiable.
• Geneticists will learn how to perform germ-line gene therapy without affecting other genes and hence human germ-line therapy will be declared safe and ethical.
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| 2030 |
DNA helix model. |
• Genes involved in aging will be fully catalogued.
• Clinical trials will be underway to extend maximum human lifespan.
• Use of a full computer model of human cells will replace laboratory experiments.• The complete genomic sequencing of an individual will be routine, cost less than $1,000.
• Major anti-technology movements will be active in the United States and elsewhere.
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| 2040 |
A dropper with fluid hovers above nine labeled test tubes during recombinant DNA gene research. |
• Complete genome-based health care will be the norm.
• Individualized preventive medicine will be available and largely effective.
• Illness will be detected earlier, before symptoms develop, by molecular surveillance.• Gene therapy and gene-based drug therapy will be available for most diseases.
• The average lifespan will reach 90 years.
• The debate about the role of humans in taking charge of their own evolution grows louder. Who is to decide what is a good characteristic or trait?
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