Part I. The Debates Surrounding Genetic Engineering -- The Double Helix / James Watson -- Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids / J. D. Watson, F. H. Crick -- Troubled Dawn for Genetic Engineering / Robert Sinsheimer -- Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA Molecules / Paul Berg ... [et al.] -- Recombinant DNA : Science and the Public / Daniel Callahan -- National Institutes of Health Guidelines for rDNA Research -- Genetics : Conference Sets Strict Controls to Replace Moratorium / Nicholas Wade -- Testimony to Cambridge, Mass., City Council with Respect to the Establishment of Guidelines for rDNA Research in Cambridge, Mass. / Allen Silverstone -- Recombinant DNA : Fact and Fiction / Stanley N. Cohen -- DNA : Have the Corporations Already Grabbed Control of New Life Forms? / Jeremy Rifkin -- James Watson and the Search for Biology's 'Holy Grail' / James S. Hall -- Part II. Animal Applications -- Transgenic Animals / Rudolf Jaenisch -- Scoring a Technical Knockout in Mice / John Travis -- Statement on the Use of Transgenic Animals in Research / Novo Nordisk Research Corporation -- Transgenics a Threat to Nature / Peter R. Wills -- Animal Rights and Animal Welfare : Five Frequently Asked Questions / Gary L. Francione -- Transgenic Non-Human Mammals / Philip Leder, Timothy A. Stewart -- Eight Worries about Patenting Animals / Robert Wachbroit -- Animals as Inventions : Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Right / Mark Sagoff -- Research and Production Issues : National Pork Producers Council Position Statement -- Transgenic Animals / Alan R. Shuldiner -- On Patenting Transgenic Animals / Baruch Brody -- Part III. Agriculture -- Wisconsin Temporarily Banning Gene-Engineered Drug for Cows / Keith Schneider -- Biologist Rejects Transgenic Foods / Peter Wills -- Geneticists' Latest Discovery : Public Fear of 'Frankenfood' / Molly O'Neill -- The Safety of Food Developed by Biotechnology / David Kessler ... [et al.] -- Biotechnology of Food / U.S. Food and Drug Administration -- Guidance on Consultation Procedures : Foods Derived from New Plant Varieties / U.S. Food and Drug Administration Office of Premarket Approval -- A Need to Reinvent Biotechnology Regulation at the EPA / Henry L. Miller -- High-Tech Plants Promise a Bumper Crop of New Products / Anne Simon Moffat -- The Search for More Productive Rice / David L. Wheeler -- Out of the Lab, A Revolution on the Farm / Barnaby J. Feder -- Convention on Biodiversity -- Genetic Soybeans Alarm Europeans / Youssef M. Ibrahim -- Perils amidst the Promise : Ecological Risks of Transgenic Crops in a Global Market / Jane Rissler -- Asgrow Seed Co. v. Winterboer -- Part IV. The Human Genome Project -- A Genetic Linkage Map of the Human Genome / Helen Donis-Keller -- A Turning Point in Cancer Research : Sequencing the Human Genome / Renato Dulbecco -- Report of the National Research Council Committee on Mapping and Sequencing the Human Genome -- Understanding Our Genetic Inheritance / U.S. Department of Energy -- The Human Significance of the Genome Project / Carol A. Tauer -- Sequences and Consequences of the Human Genome / Daniel E. Koshland, Jr. -- Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California -- Genetic Screening in Employment : Some Legal, Ethical, and Societal Issues / Mark A. Rothstein -- National Institutes of Health Workshop Statement : Reproductive Genetic Testing : Impact on Women -- National Institutes of Health, Department of Energy Ethics, Law, and Social Issues Working Group and National Action Plan -- The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance Act of (Proposed) -- The Genetic Confidentiality and Nondiscrimination Act of (Proposed) -- The Genetic Justice Act (Proposed) -- DNA Data Banking and the Public Interest / Nachama L. Wilker -- The Human Genome Project : What Questions Does It Raise for Theology and Ethics? / Ted F. Peters, Robert J. Russell -- The Evolution of the Created Co-Creator / Philip Hefner -- Algeny : A New Word... A New World / Jeremy Rifkin -- The New Genesis : Theology and the Genetic Revolution / Ron Cole-Turner -- Statement from the National Council of Churches of Christ -- Draft Report to Annual and Central Conferences / United Methodist Church Genetic Science Task Force -- United Church of Christ Statement to the Seventeenth General Synod -- Episcopal Church Statement to the Seventieth General Convention -- Report to the General Conference / United Methodist Church Science Task Force -- Biotechnology / World Council of Churches -- Donum Vitae -- Policy on Availability and Patenting of Human Genomic DNA Sequence / National Human Genome Research Institute -- Genome Project Forces New Look at Ethics, Law / Ted F. Peters -- Genetics and Human Malleability / W. French Anderson -- Manipulating Life : Ethical Issues in Genetic Engineering / World Council of Churches -- Human Genetics / Catholic Health Association -- Origins of the Human Genome Project / James D. Watson, Robert M. Cook-Deegan -- The Human Genome Project and International Health / James D. Watson, Robert M. Cook-Deegan --

Part V. Issues in Research -- Ethical Issues in Human Genome Research / Thomas H. Murray -- Statement on Cystic Fibrosis Screening / American Society of Human Genetics -- Statement on Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Predisposition / American Society of Human Genetics -- Heredity and Politics / J.B.S. Haldane -- The Role of Genetic Testing in the Prevention of Occupational Disease / U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment -- The Office of Technology Assessment's Report on Genetic Monitoring and Screening in the Workplace -- Position Paper on Genetic Discrimination / Council for Responsible Genetics -- Germ-Line Gene Modification and Disease Prevention : Some Medical and Ethical Perspectives / Nelson A. Wivel, LeRoy Walters -- Ad Hoc Statement on Insurance Issues in Genetic Testing / American Society of Human Genetics -- Splicing Life : The Social and Ethical Issues of Genetic Engineering with Human Beings / President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research -- Screening and Counseling for Genetic Conditions / President's Commission -- National Institutes of Health Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee's Subcommittee Statement : Gene Therapy for Human Patients -- Prohibit Unethical 'Enhancement' Gene Therapy / Michael S. Langan -- Moral and Ethical Issues in Gene Therapy / Donald M. Bruce -- The Realistic View of Biology and Behavior / Jerome Kagan -- Genes, Patents, and Indigenous Peoples : Biomedical Research and Indigenous Peoples' Rights / Henry T. Greely -- Indigenous Person from Papua New Guinea Claimed in US Government Patent / Rural Advancement Foundation International -- President of National Indigenous People's Organization of Colombia / Abadio Green Stocel -- Citizen of the Solomon Islands / Ruth Liloqula -- DNA Fingerprinting in Human Health and Society / David F. Betsch -- Science on Trial / Michelle Eadie -- Quality Control in DNA Typing : A Proposed Protocol / James L. Mudd -- The Code : DNA and O. J. Simpson : Testing Science and Justice / Gina Kolata -- DNA Likely Was Contaminated, Simpson Defense Asserts / USA Today -- DNA Evidence on Trial Again in Virginia / Joe Jackson -- DNA on File for Millions of Americans / Robert Boyd -- Statement on DNA Sampling / HUGO (Human Genome Organization, Europe) Ethics Committee -- An Application of DNA Sequencing to a Human Rights Problem / Mary-Claire King -- Who's Afraid of the Human Genome? / George Annas -- Part VI. Diagnostic Applications of Genetic Information -- The Basic Science of Gene Therapy / Richard C. Mulligan -- Gene Therapy for Clogged Arteries Passes Test in Pigs / Marcia Barinaga -- Use of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes and Interleukin- in the Immunotherapy of Patients with Metastatic Melanoma / S. Rosenberg -- Gene Implant Therapy Is Backed for Children with Rare Disease / Natalie Angier -- Human Gene Therapy / W. French Anderson -- Arterial Gene Transfer of Therapeutic Angiogenesis in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease / Jeffrey M. Isner -- Genetic Testing for Huntington's Disease : A Family Issue / Catherine V. Hayes -- Nightmare or the Dream of a New Era in Genetics? / Gina Kolata -- Advent of Testing for Breast Cancer Genes Leads to Fears of Disclosure and Discrimination / Gina Kolata -- Genetic Discrimination and Health Insurance : An Urgent Need for Reform / Kathy L. Hudson ... [et al.] -- Gene Therapy : Promise, Pitfalls and Prognosis / Jeffrey M. Leiden -- Part VII. Ethical Issues in Genetic Engineering -- The Frankenstein Factor / Willard Gaylin -- What Is Morally New in Genetic Manipulation? / James F. Keenan -- Ethical Issues in Genetic Engineering : A Survey / Thomas A. Shannon -- New Genetics Means No New Ethics / John Maddox -- Executive Summary of the NIH-DOE Working Group on Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Human Genome Research -- Diamond v. Chakrabarty -- A Worldwide Fight against Biopiracy and Patents on Life / Martin Khor -- Should We Allow the Patenting of Life? / Mark Sagoff -- Bill of Rights of Animals / Charles Magel -- Splicing Life : The Social and Ethical Issues of Genetic Engineering with Human Beings / President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research -- Part VIII. Cloning -- Moving toward the Clonal Man / James D. Watson -- Viable Offspring Derived from Fetal and Adult Mammalian Cells / Ian Wilmut -- Dolly Confirmation / Vittorio Sgaramella, Norton D. Zinder -- After Decades and Many Mishaps, Cloning Success / Michael Specter with Gina Kolata -- On Cloning Humans, 'Never' Turns Swiftly into Why Not? / Gina Kolata -- In Big Advance in Cloning, Biologists Clone Mice / Gina Kolata -- Can Cloning Help Save Beleaguered Species? / Jon Cohen -- Ban Cloning? Not a Chance / Kirkpatrick Sales -- Position Statement on Cloning / Council for Responsible Genetics -- Reflections on Cloning / Pontifica Academia Pro Vita -- UN Weighs in on Cloning / Constance Holden -- Clinton Bans Federal Money for Efforts to Clone Humans / Katharine Q. Seeyle -- Human Cloning : An Atlantean Odyssey? / Munawar Ahmad Anees -- Statement on Cloning / Rabbi Elliot Dorff -- Cloning Humans : Is It Ethical? / Dorothy C. Wertz -- Should Human Cloning Research Be Off Limits? / Jerome P. Kassirer, Nadia A. Rosenthal -- Human Cloning : Assessing the Ethical and Legal Quandaries / Lori B. Andrews -- Cloning Human Beings / National Bioethics Advisory Commission.