Sometime in the not so distant future, humans are losing their battle against cancer. They are looking at possible extinction of the human race in under five years at the rate of cancer spread. Doctors world over get together and decide to screen patient’s DNA for the cancer gene mutation; screening without the patient’s consent or knowledge. A person going in for his/her annual physical gets his/her blood drawn and is screened for the cancer gene. If the mutation is found, the doctors under a false pretext of requiring a “procedure” render the person infertile; snipping or tying up depending on the case. They make this irreversible as well and sort of leave a calling card as an ID why the procedure was performed. This ensures that the person does not distribute the genes to their offsprings. In case the person goes to a fertility clinic as well, on looking at the calling card, the person is given some vague explanation and turned away. The gene dies with the person. The handful of humans left are healthy and can guarantee healthy spawns. Problem Solved.
Inhumane? Absolutely. A good story line? Possibly. Could cancer be, by natural evolution, a means to get rid of the not so fittest and substitute with a better race? May be.
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