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Who's in Charge of the Gene Genie? |
| Section: NATURAL SCIENCE / ENGINEERING GENES |
| Author: Jane Maienschein |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2000 |
| Size: 3,279 Words, 20,825 Characters |
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In 1976, Sen. Edward Kennedy expressed concerns about genetic engineering at a Senate hearing, saying that "the implications of technological advances must be carefully considered early on, and must be considered in public processes with wide participation from as many diverse elements of society as possible. ... The real problem is to understand the social consequences of what science can now enable us to do" (quoted in June Goodfield, Playing God: Genetic Engineering and the Manipulation of Life, Random House, 1977, p. 153).
It was the first successful genetic engineering, involving recombination of DNA from one organism into another, that elicited his call for Congress to take the lead in ensuring broad public debate of the risks and benefits of such technological innovations. For th...
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...ally good, but we have no way of knowing that one particular set of values ought to prevail. The decisions are a matter of social convention and negotiation, but we have not yet established the rules to guide this negotiation. Kennedy was right in saying that "the real problem is to understand the social consequences of what science can now enable us to do." We just don't know how to do that.
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