Question

Why are recombinant DNA technology and nucleus transplantation technology still dangerous?

Answer 1

Recombinant DNA technology and nucleus transplantation technology (cloning) are extremely dangerous since they are able to modify, in a very short time, the ecological balance that evolution has taken millions of years to create on the planet.

During the evolutionary process, under the slow and gradual effect of mutations, genetic recombinations and natural selection, species emerged, were modified, and genetic heritages were formed.

With genetic engineering, however, humans can mix and modify genes, making changes with unpredictable long-term consequences, risking the creation of new plant or animal diseases, new types of cancers and new disease outbreaks. It is a field as potentially dangerous as the manipulation of nuclear energy.