Regulating Risks for Genetic Engineering

The potential benefits of genetic engineering and research are well known. Scientists are excited a out the prospects for new medications, new agricultural crops, and new means of solving environmental problems. On the other hand, the potential risks of genetic engineering are also well recognized. Scientists have been long aware that there can be unwanted side effects, unanticipated social costs and, and unseen public health and environmental risks. Theses concerns early on caused scientists to put in action a suspension on certain classes of recombinant DNA experiments. …