[AUH2O Repub]

And two years later it is discovered that this genetic freak has a much worse cancer.

[Rebel_Ace]

Even if this were the case, the "genetic freak" would have had two additional years with his/her spouse and children, had two additional years to finish that novel, two additional years to finalize that Grand Unification Theory...

The very SAME justification that we use for organ transplants that might buy a patient an additional 2 to 5 years of life.

By the way, do you realize that NATURALLY OCCURING viruses do this to organisms already? One of the techniques for DNA tracking involves finding genetic markers introduced by retro-viruses in the wild, making vast portions of the human population "genetic freaks".