The Pros and Cons of Genetic Engineering Genetic engineering is the growing science of the world and is increasingly under the spotlight over ethical issues. Is biotechnology going to save lives, rather than destroy them? and will the benefits outweigh the risks? The main problem with such questions is that we don't know the answer until we try them out. Like all sciences it is hard to predict outcomes, so far there have been more …showed first 75 words of 825 total…

…showed last 75 words of 825 total…species rely on differences in order to survive, that's how rabbits survived the myxoma virus. Such decisions are difficult to make at first, the possibilities are amazing, yet the risks are frightening. Sciences can never promise 100% all of the time, and looking down the track it seems that the human race will come to a bad end in the relatively near future and the only saviour it seems is biotechnology and genetic engineering. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**