Anyone interested in this area of science should be sure to read “Endless Forms Most Beautiful” by Sean Carroll (sp?).
DNA is the worst spaghetti code imaginable in terms that it is not meant to be read by humans. Making just small alterations can have unforeseen consequences in a million differnt parts of the “program”. You make one disease-resistant plant with a few hacker lines and end up with man-eating tomatos.
I’m not really interested in eating food somebody else has played with.