In spite of the arrogant, know-it-all rhetoric of the biotechnology industry, the fact is that we are only beginning to understand the complexity of genetics. New discoveries are made on a regular basis, some of which have very profound and broad implications. For an example from microbial genetics, (the target of new and very risky synthetic biology, also known as genetic engineering on steroids) see the recent article entitled Microbes Defy Rules of DNA Code. What does it mean to insert a wheat gene into a chestnut tree? The only really honest answer to that question is that we really do not know.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 14:44:50 +0000