It was a huge scientific breakthrough. In 1953, science discovered the structure of DNA — the double helix strands that create our very existence.
It has revolutionized medicine, allowed scientists to reprogram the genes to cure diseases and launched glimpses of how the future may look once science has mastered that realm. DNA solves crimes, allows correct pairing of organ donors and recipients, facilitates prenatal testing for in utero abnormalities and creates clones. Unfortunately, it opens the Pandora’s Box of related moral questions.
Chromosomes are great and everyone is supposed to get their 23 pairs. That’s the recipe for a normal human.