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Transgenic biotechnology presents an exciting range of possibilities, from feeding the hungry to preventing and treating diseases; however, these promises are not without potential peril. Some of the issues that need to be considered are the following:

•Are we blurring the lines between species by creating transgenic combinations?

•What are the known health risks associated with transgenics?

•What are the long-term effects on the environment when transgenics are released in the field?

•What ethical, social, and legal controls or reviews should be placed on such research?

Transgenic biotechnology presents challenges, such as health risks.•Are we inflicting pain and suffering on sentient creatures when we create certain types of chimeras?

•Will transgenic interventions in humans create physical or behavioral traits that may or may not be readily distinguished from what is usually perceived to be “human”?

•If the blending of nonhuman animal and human DNA results, intentionally or not, in chimeric entities possessing degrees of intelligence or sentience never before seen in nonhuman animals, should these entities be given rights and special protections?

•What unintended personal, social, and cultural consequences could result?

•Will these interventions redefine what it means to be “normal”?

•Who will have access to these technologies, and how will scarce resources be allocated?

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