Genetic engineering

ch. 1. Genetic engineering in agriculture and industry 1. The benefits of genetically modified food outweigh the risks / Radley Balko 2. Genetically modified crops are harmful / Jeffrey M. Smith 3. The impact of genetically modified trees on forests in unpredictable / Karen Charman 4. Genetically modified organisms can produce useful chemicals / Economist 5. Genetically engineered organisms can help to clean up pollution / John C. Avise 6. Genetic modification of insects involves benefits and risks / Aaron Zitner

ch. 2. Genetic engineering in medicine 1. Human organs may be grown in genetically modified animals / Sylvia Pagán Westphal 2. The ethical concerns of adding human cells to genetically modified animals / Maryann Mott 3. Gene therapy will revolutionize the practice of medicine / Michael Fumento 4. Gene therapy may not be beneficial to society / Jeremy Rifkin 5. Silencing bad genes / Anthony Komaroff, Judy Lieberman 6. A mother tells why she would not want her child changed by gene therapy / Clare Ferguson 7. A patient tells why he believes gene therapy is worth calculated risks / Eric Kast

ch. 3. Genetic enhancement of human abilities

1. Genetic enhancement of humans raises troubling questions / Sally Deneen

2. Genetic enhancement will not limit human freedom / Ronald Bailey

3. Genetic enhancement is ethical for adults but not for children / David Plotz

4. Genetic enhancement of athletes might harm sports / Gregory M. Lamb

5. Development of genetic enhancement technologies is inevitable / Fraçoise Baylis, Jason Scott Robert

6. Genetic enhancements is too unlikely to worry about / Steven Pinker

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