The Insanity of Gene Technology

There is a gold rush currently taking place. Prospectors are jostling each other for a piece of the action, knowing that untold wealth is for the grabbing. Already, much of the land has been fenced off, demarcated with "PRIVATE" notices and "KEEP OUT" signs. But this is no ordinary gold rush, for it is taking place inside you and me — in our DNA. The gold is our genes and the prospectors are the biotechnology companies that hope to make massive profits in future gene therapies that involve "their" particular DNA sequences.

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