Genome Project

* Re “Genome Research: Out of the Frying Pan or Into the Fire?” by Craig Venter and Daniel Cohen, Commentary, June 26: There is one glaring omission: In their comments on coping with the increased millions (billions?) of people who will live because of all the progress, not one word about one of the simplest, quickest and intelligent solution to this problem. It is birth control, which should have worldwide advocacy.

ARTHUR A. FLEISHER II

Northridge

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* News reports say that the DNA strands in the human body are about six feet long when uncoiled. They hold 30,000 to 140,000 genes. The gene sequences can be hundreds to millions of pairs long. It has taken scientists years with modern computers to get this far in their work and there is still much more to be done.

Do evolutionists still want us to believe that all this was formed by random, accidental, unintelligent chance?

CHRIS HEARN

San Diego