“Transgenic medicine is on the cutting edge of scientific research and practice, but it is also highly controversial. (A transgenic organ is a pig liver laced with human genes that functions like a dialysis machine for human patients.) Jeffrey Platt and Jeremy Sugarman of Duke University Medical Center, Michael Fox of the Humane Society of the United States, and novelist Allan Gurganus discuss the ethics and social implications of transgenic animals.” [Wayne Pond]
Brave New Worlds Part 1
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