Genes and genetic engineering.

GENES AND GENETIC ENGINEERING Genetic engineering is the deliberate transfer of single genes between organisms. Genes are the stretches of DNA -- or occasionally RNA -- that carry information about the structure and function of all organisms. Genetic engineering is changing medicine, agriculture and even the legal system. Genetic engineering is very clever and could be very useful. But it all seems to be happening much too fast and nobody knows what the effects of …

…suffer and are likely to produce tumours or diseases for themselves. GE crops that are insect resistant may cause pesticide resistant insects. GE food contains many genes and most people do not know what they are eating or know what the long-term effects could be. With genetic engineering there are few limits as to what we can do, but will we take it too far and completely cross the line of moral and ethical issues?