1. After the first cases of recombining DNA in the 1970s, scientists proceeded with caution—they called for a temporary moratorium on certain kinds of research and set ethical guidelines for others. Jane Maienschein concludes that this cautious approach is again warranted by advances in biotechnology, which in her view have a great potential for abuse. James D. Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA and the first director of the Human Genome Project, argues that this caution was unnecessary. He maintains that the enormous benefits of genetic engineering outweigh the potential hazards, and that regulation only slows progress. Whose argument do you find more convincing, and why"
2. Considering the viewpoints by Jeremy Rifkin and Mark Sagoff, do you feel that biotechnology companies should be allowed to patent genetically modified bacteria? What about genetically modified plants? Animals? Human genes? Explain your answer.
3. George Annas proposes...