Human Survival THE NEW BIOLOGY - PANACEA OR PANDORA'S BOX? - Robert A Ginskey - March 1977

Robert A Ginskey

Spectacular new breakthroughs in genetics have propelled mankind to the threshold of a new era. By recombining the fundamental molecules of life, some scientists claim great benefits are in the offing. But others are alarmed at the potential for untold peril to all life on earth - far exceeding the menace of the atomic bomb! Thus the new biology poses one of the greatest dilemmas to ever face modern man. The year 1976 marked the real beginning of the era of genetic engineering. It was just last fall that Nobel Prize winner Har Gobind Khorana of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced that he had successfully synthesized the first fully functional gene from off-the-shelf chemicals. Khorana's achievement was the latest in a whole series of stunning biological "advances" that have signaled a new age of discovery - a biological revolution. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library