Cause and Effect

Genetics isn't the final word for medicine and medical breakthroughs. It is one of the many futures available to us and to our tomorrows. The Medical Research Council (MRC) is on the right path is our opinion and we support most of what they seek to do. We say most and not all. The MRC seeks to do research is several areas:

"New strategy advocates joint approach to ageing research challenges - Researchers need to find ways to help people live healthier, more independent lives as they age, not just to improve individual quality of life, but to ease the economic strain of an increasingly older population. " - Medical Research Council (MRC)

We're not so much concerned about the economic strain of social security because we're on the other side of the debate. We see an older population as a contributing factor and under utilized societal resource. Rather than an economic strain we see them as economic resource more asset than strain.

"Genetic cause for migraine found - A genetic defect that is a key cause of migraines has been identified by researchers funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC). The new study offers researchers new hope for finding better treatments for the common form of migraine. Scientists at the MRC Functional Genomics Unit based at the University of Oxford and colleagues in Canada have identified a specific gene called TRESK found in a family suffering from migraines. This gene was found to be directly attributable as a cause and could be a significant result for the one in five (5) women and one in ten men worldwide who suffer from migraines. " - Medical Research Council (MRC)

When MRC makes these kind of discoveries we're more than happy with them. We agree with the Medical Research Council though their concern is primarily with the United Kingdom (UK). "Ageing is inevitable, but it is not uniform. It is influenced by a variety of factors including genetics and socioeconomic circumstances and average life expectancy varies ..." Specifically there are difference between the UK and the USA but we would argue not significant genetic differences. Therefore the solutions found there or anywhere would not be significant.