Nobel Prize for Manipulation

Three scientists have won the 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine for "groundbreaking discovers that led to a technique for manipulating mouse genes."

Gene manipulation is an amazing subject. According to the National Institutes of Heath, the human genome has approximately 25,000 genes. It is so complicated with so many possibilities. Many people today have genetic testing done to see if they will develop a disease in the future or if they will pass that disease onto their children.

Michael Crichton's Next ambitiously tries to cover the many possibilities that Gene research may lead to.

Several of Robin Cook's Books have used genetic research as the basis for the stories.

As the knowledge of he human genome grows there will be endless possibilities for science fiction writers.