... the world population grows and more land is utilized for housing instead of food production, farmers will need to grow crops in locations previously unsuited for plant cultivation. Jeremy Rifkin reports in an article in the Boston Globe that to combat cold weather, an antifreeze gene from cold-water fish has been introduced into plants such as tobacco and potatoes. ... contain animal DNA even if there appears to be little or no change. Some genetic modification may also involve animal experiments, which are unacceptable to many people (Fagan). In his book Eating With Conscience: The Bio...

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... Beckwith isolate the first gene. By 1973 Cohen and Boyer create first recombinant DNA organisms. 1978, the release of David Rorvik's book, In His Image: The Cloning of a man sparks a worldwide debate on cloning ethics. 1984 Steen Willadsen, a Danish scientist, reports he has made a genetic copy of a lamb from early sheep embryo cells, a process now called "twinning." Other scientists will eventually use ... cell. (4) Although, many believe cloning to be beneficial to mankind, just like with any new discovery cloning has become a widely debated controversial topic. In 1978 the release of...

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