| Publisher | National Institute of Standards and Technology | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Format | HTML | Date added | 14 Aug 2003 |
| Topics | Genetic Engineering | ||
| Downloads | 12 | ||
In discussions of cloning and germline modification of animals, it’s easy to pretend that human manipulations can be ignored. But it seems virtually certain that as these technologies evolve, their focus will swing back towards our own selves. The real question is not whether they will be applied to humans, but when, how, and to what extent.
Some people maintain that human manipulation is inevitable because what can be done will be done. But what can be done often is not done, so why should this technology be more likely than say a nuclear power plant in downtown New York? The answer lies in the nature of advanced reproductive technologies like germline engineering and cloning. Judging by today’s rapid progress, they ultimately will be easy enough, safe enough, and cheap enough to be feasible in countless laboratories worldwide. Thus even if illegal and morally opposed by most people in most countries, they would become as uncontrollable as euthanasia or abortion.
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