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Genetic Engineering: A Documentary History. Ed. by Thomas A. Shannon. (Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issues.) Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Pr., 1999. 282 p. acid free $49.95 (ISBN 0-313-- 30457-2; ISSN 1069-5605). www. greenwood.com.
A colleague of mine says that the cloning of Dolly the sheep divided time into a "before" and an "after." Certainly, few scientific break-- throughs have captured the public imagination or stirred public debate like genetic engineering. Not since the advent of nuclear technology has science placed such potential for both benefit and harm before society. Genetically engineered food, cloning, genetic screening, and the Human Genome Project raise significant ethical, moral, religious, societal, personal, legal, medical, biodiversity, and interspecies issues.
This volume excerpts 136 original documents relating to issues surrounding several facets of genetic engineering. The documents include scientific papers, newspaper articles, position statements, and Web sites, ranging in...