1. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
With genetic engineering science has moved from exploring the natural world and its mechanisms to redesigning them." This is not only the case for humans; plants, crops and animals also have the potential to be redesigned to better suit our needs. Animals could be made meatier and less fatty, fish could grow more rapidly and bigger, and through gene therapy, there is the possibility that animal's organs could be adapted to be more like human organs so they could be transplantable in the future. ... It presents probably the largest ethical problem that science has ever had to face. ... Th...
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