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BIOLOGICAL REVOLUTION
THE
COMING
CONTROL
OF LIFE ?
An explosion
of
biological knowledge is
promising earthshaking discoveries . Among
them are genetic engineering, test tube
babies, control
of
the aging
process, sus–
pended animation,
and
even the prospect
of man-made
immortality! But these prospects
are raising a welter
of
ethical
and
moral
questions.
by
Wi ll iam F. Dankenbring
T
HE WORLD HAS
entered a new age of discovery- the
biological revolution.
With it comes the awesome
prospect of holding power over life itself.
Here is what many biologists promise humanity
in
the next 80 years:
1970s - choosing the sex of children before they are
bom
1980s - "creation" of life
.m
a test tube
1990s- genetic microsurgery by radiation and laser
beams
2000s - fetuses grown in artificial wombs
2010s- making carbon copies of animals from single
cells
2020s - making carbon copies of human beings
2030s- complete control of human genetics, heredity,
breeding of new plants, animals, manlike beings
2040s- suspended animation of life
2050s - complete control of the aging process, man–
made immortality