"Greenhaven Press"

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Genetic engineering in agriculture and industry -- Genetic engineering in medicine -- Genetic enhancement of human abilities.

The benefits of genetically modified food outweigh the risks / Radley Balko -- Genetically modified crops are harmful / Jeffrey M. Smith -- The impact of genetically modified trees on forests is unpredictable / Karen Charman -- Genetically modified organisms can produce useful chemicals / Economist -- Genetically engineered organisms can help to clean up pollution / John C. Avise -- Genetic modification of insects involves benefits and risks / Aaron Zitner -- Human organs may be grown in genetically modified animals / Sylvia Pagán Westphal -- The ethical concerns of adding human cells to genetically modified animals / Maryann Mott -- Gene therapy will revolutionize the practice of medicine / Michael Fumento -- Gene therapy may not be beneficial to society / Jeremy Rifkin -- Silencing bad genes / Anthony Komaroff and Judy Lieberman -- A mother tells why she would not want her child changed by gene therapy / Clare Ferguson -- A patient tells why he believes gene therapy is worth calculated risks / Eric Kast -- Genetic enhancement of humans raises troubling questions / Sally Deneen -- Genetic enhancement will not limit human freedom / Ronald Bailey -- Genetic enhancement is ethical for adults but not for children / David Plotz -- Genetic enhancement of athletes might harm sports / Gregory M. Lamb -- Development of genetic enhancement technologies is inevitable / Françoise Baylis and Jason Scott Robert -- Genetic enhancement is too unlikely to worry about / Steven Pinker.