Saturday, August 18, 2007

Wrong DNA? No meds for troops...

From LA Times via truthout.org :

US Military Practices Genetic Discrimination in Denying Benefits

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/081807C.shtml

Karen Kaplan of The Los Angeles Times writes: "Eric Miller's career as an Army Ranger wasn't ended by a battlefield wound, but his DNA. Lurking in his genes was a mutation that made him vulnerable to uncontrolled tumor growth. So began his journey into a dreaded scenario of the genetic age."

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