1.   For two days, Dr. John Andrews previewed the procedures of the experimental therapies he wants to try on embryos with two kinds of catastrophic inherited diseases.

2.   The problem is that existing gene therapies for many inherited diseases have worked only partially or not at all.

3.   In addition, genetic tests that reveal inherited diseases could prejudice employers against them.

4.   It cannot therefore be described as an inherited disease.

5.   Because the technology so far has not worked on a large scale, the paucity of clinical trials aimed at inherited diseases has not been a major issue.

6.   Bereaved relatives can no longer be sure why their loved ones died, and family members are less likely to learn of the dangers of inherited disease.

7.   A major lead came from victims of a rare inherited disease, homocystinuria, in which the liver is unable to dispose of the amino acid efficiently.

8.   Common sense says that teenage mothers who are denied financial support will remain mired in poverty and pass on that inherited disease to subsequent generations.

9.   Cystic fibrosis is the most common fatal inherited disease among whites.

10.   Do you suffer from an inherited disease?