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Genetic engineering is about scientists altering the 'recipes'
for making life - the genes which you find in all living things.
Doing this is very clever and could be very useful. But first, click here to find out how you can use this guide. |
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Genes, snails and whales What makes you human or me a penguin? What are genes?
Tried and tested Life on Earth has been around for a long time so it's been well tested.
Adapt or die Only the fittest life survives. Here's how it does it.
Coils and corkscrews About that incredible stuff DNA.
Copycat: How DNA copies itself.
Welcome to gene tinkering Snipping and sticking genes.
Evolution on fast forward Impatient people speeding breeding.
So what is genetic engineering? Nobody knows quite what will happen.
What can genetic engineering do? Bigger, better, faster? Could it cure diseases?
What's wrong with genetic engineering? Getting rich quick by 'owning' life.
For safety's sake, slow down! Why the rush?
It's the same stuff! Or is it? Can something that is different be the same?
What the companies are making now! Which foods could be engineered?
Problems with weedkiller-safe crops Goodbye birds and flowers.
And problems with poisonous plants Pests get used to poisons.
Scattering the genes Contaminating natural genes. The GM genie's out of its bottle big time.
Hope for the future? Revenge of the guinea pigs?
The bottom line Ending secrecy and finding out what's going on.
What can kids do? Yes you can do something... and the future is in your hands. (End of my Guide)
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But it all seems to be happening much too fast and nobody knows
what the effects of making and eating such living things will
be. Many kinds of life could be damaged. And suppose people eat
'genetic' food for many years? Will they be harmed by it? Nobody
knows for sure. So why the rush? Scroll down to find out more...