THE HUMAN JOURNEY began as one peop

THE HUMAN JOURNEY began as one people of one blood-Type O, the blood ofour first ancestors. It is an ineffable mystery as to precisely when the first Type Aappeared, or the mother and father of Type B, or even when the very recent Type AB wasfirst created. We just don't know; we can only see the broad brushstrokes of history, notits fine details.But we are always learning. Today, the Human Genome Project employs the mostsophisticated technologies in its quest to map the entire genetic structure of the humanbody--to name, gene by gene, chromosome by chromosome, the purpose of each livingcell in the grand scheme of some Master Builder. Thus far, many breakthroughs havecome in our understanding of the vast cellular networks of which we are composed--among them, the discovery of a gene for breast cancer. In late May of 1996 the Projectannounced that they had just isolated and identified the gene responsible for arthritis.Soon, we will be able to control our genetic fates as never before.