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Humans are 99.9 percent genetically identical and have only twice as many genes as the worm or the fly, according to information released yesterday by organizations that are sequencing the human genome.
The two scientists soon discovered, however, that giving away golden rice was not going to be easy. The genes they transferred and the bacteria they used to transfer those genes were encumbered by patents and proprietary rights. Only after extensive negotiations have the two scientists managed to strike a deal...
Beneath the hyperbolic talk of Frankenfoods, even proponents of agricultural biotechnology agree, lie some real concerns. To begin with, all foods, including the transgenic foods created through genetic engineering, are potential sources of allergens. That's because the transferred genes contain instructions for making proteins and some proteins?those in...
There are more potential pitfalls. Among other things, the possibility exists that as transgenes in pollen drift, they will fertilize wild plants, and weeds will emerge that are hardier and even more difficult to control. No one knows how common the exchange of genes between domestic plants and their wild...
In 1998, Massachusetts scientists injected a human nucleus into a cow egg. The resulting embryo, destroyed early, appeared to be producing human protein, but we have no idea what kind of grotesque hybrid entity would come out of such a marriage. Last October, the first primate containing genes from another...