A RHESUS monkey called ANDi entered the history books last week as the first
ever genetically modified primate.
While ANDi’s creators hope that GM monkeys could aid medical research, the
announcement has led to heightened fears that humans could be next. “This could
lead to a new form of eugenics, where we start designing our children according
to our whims,” claims Dave King of the Campaign Against Human Genetic
Engineering in London.
But scientists say that the difficulties involved in creating ANDi show how
far away we are from engineering humans. “To do this in humans would be mad,”
says…
