Should Canada Be Allowed To Continue With Genetic Engineering Without Federal Guidelines?

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been tested on
small children, but only laboratory animals. The parents agreed to try it.
They allowed Doctor Tom Bowen of the Calgary children's hospital to remove
blood from the child 4 hours. after birth, the blood was then promptly
flown to Los Angeles California where the blood testing was done and a new
gene introduced into the specimen blood. From there the blood was flown
back to Calgary and then reintroduced into the child's blood stream. Today
child leads the life of an average 6 month old.
Dr. Bowen states "We have the potential to do alot of harm, and an
incredible amount of good. Let's harness the good, keep some control to it,
and get our heads out of the sand."
Developments have come a long way since genetic engineering was first
discovered. Right now scientists are working on a bacteria that will break
down crude oil and could be used to master the giant marine oil slicks
caused by tanker accidents. (Taking Sides: Clashing views on ...

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any time and command, "In the closet/broom! broom! / As you
were," and there they would stand motionless. ( "The Sorcerer's
Apprentice." ) But at times things do not go quite as planned and you get
what is called the "Malcolm Effect" which is basically this- no matter how
you calculate and try to figure something out you cannot totally predict
what will happen with it. (e.g.) There is pool table set up, on it is one
ball and your shooter, you calculate that if you knock the shooter with
just the right force at the side wall it will ricochet and land in the
opposite pocket. However you do not calculate the fact that the ball is
not perfectly smooth and that the side of the table is not ...

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