Discusses the use of genetic engineering in plants and animals, and the hopes spurred by the mapping of human DNA by the Human Genome Project as well as the controversy over using stem cells for disease research.
Content Note
Jack and the beanstalk -- Genetically manufactured food crops -- From douglas fir to bacterial saviors -- Is it in the wind? or not? -- Cloning bossy, Mickey, and the blue ox -- Alliance or danger? -- The human genome -- The stem cell controversy -- For and against -- At the heart of the matter.