eliminate undesirable ones. Genetic engineering is an umbrella term, which can cover a wide range of ways of changing the genetic

material in a living organism. The cells of all living organisms contain genes. By changing an organism's genes, scientists can give

the organism and its descendants different traits. Defects of individual genes can cause a malfunction in the metabolism of the

body, and are the roots of many "genetic" diseases.

To perform genetic manipulation you must first find the gene you want to duplicate or eliminate. Sounds simple? This process has

been compared to finding the proverbial 'needle in the haystack'. However, in this case the haystack is about the size of the United

Genes are located within cells. Cells are found on tiny structures called chromosomes. Every chromosome contains one molecule

of a chemical substance called DNA. One single molecule of DNA can contain thousands of genes. When you put all this together

this mass of genes, cells and chromosomes are known as the human genome. A person's DNA contains the information that

Project is expected to continue up to the year 2005. This project has almost unlimited funding from several commercial backers as

very important that we all have a clear understanding of the potential benefits and pitfalls of the new revolution and to help to

chromosomes in the human body. As of late 1997, about 50,000 of the human genes had been identified and sequenced, a mere

"Growing Disaster?", Pittsburgh Post - Gazette, Jun 22, 1998

recent developments are raising serious practical, moral, and ethical issues that will have to be dealt with for generations to come.

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