[gore3000]

I wasn't speaking about cloning, but about the addition of extra DNA to a species so that, that species produces a certain gene product.

Yes, it is different, but you see this new research shows the problem with "local" changes also. The problem is that genes are not individual entities, they are part of a whole. They also have more duties than are immediately apparent. We may change a gene which we know performs a certain function, but we do not know what other functions it is performing and what connections those functions have towards other genes.

[realpatriot71]

We use trangenic species of yeast and bacteria to produce such products as insulin, prurified proteins for pharmaceutical use, anthrax and botulism vaccines for the troops - it's been going on for years and life as we know it continues. As well as this agriculture is able to grow crops much easier. Commoner alluded to problems in the soy beans, but did you also notice the keys words "appears to" and "might be". Even if there was a problem with the soy beans, we could always grow an older variety. Where's the conspiracy? This technology works and work well, and the scientific community is not just "throwing" this crap out. If a protein product does not behave or work as it is supposed to the whole line is scrapped.

[MangoCrazy]

Give it up. Neither you or Commoner has the slightest idea of what you are talking about. With 6 successful years of use in 50+ lines, Roundup Ready soybeans are the greatest story in agbiotech going. You eat them every day and this year they will likely constitute 70-80% of all US soybeans grown. Commoner's blather does not hold up to this type of pure simple fact. IT WORKS.