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20th-century methods of diagnosis and treatment

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Modern doctors believe that stem cells and genetic engineering will allow doctors to cure or prevent most diseases in the 21st century. In 1999, however, a healthy young man who volunteered for gene therapy to cure a congenital liver complaint died of a toxic response.

Doctors are still not able to cure viral infections such as AIDS and the common cold, and cancer is still a killer disease.

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