Cloning is just one example of the great power of gene technology, a technology we urgently need to treat or cure diseases such as diabetes, cystic fibrosis, cancer or AIDS, and to help feed the growing world population. However gene technology raises urgent questions of safety and ethics. We urgently need a Gene Charter so that much-needed research can continue with proper safeguards. Such a charter will need adoption throughout the EC and by other nations to be effective.

BSE increases worries about gene foods.

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Mutant superbugs, viruses, plague - video / pictures. What is Biological Warfare ?

Threat from chemical weapons and biological agents as weapons of mass destruction - war against terror and terrorism.

How easily can terrorists get hold of biological weapons?

Mutant superbugs, viruses, plague - video / pictures. What is Biological Warfare ?

What is Biotech? The Future of Biotech. Are biotech companies good investments? Future of biotechnology, genetics, health care, pharmaceutical industry. Dr Patrick Dixon lecture to biotech venture capital investors about future medicine and health care, gene therapy, biotechnology, and the pharmaceutical industry.