There is a lot of discussion regarding DNA mapping and using that as a means to understand the genetic makeup of a person.

If a person has a pre-disposition towards a genetic issue, such as BiPolar or Cancer or schizophrenia, and genetically alterations occur, does this

1) Improve or innovate the subject (or conversely, diminish an original subject)

2) Alter the subject permanently as an entirely new being thus "rendering " the old self as dead, creating a new artificially manufactured subject?

This has ethical implications as well as legal implications for life insurance, when to payout death claims, as well as product liability and warranty/fair disclosure.

It also has ethical and moral issues- at what point is the new subject altered to the extent that the old subject is no longer alive, and at what point is it a manufactured product subject to import/export laws, taxation, royalties (licensed DNA genetic fusing) and a vanity option for the wealthy?

At what point is the subject no longer human?

What do you feel about these questions about altering human beings through genetic gamesmanship?