Are there any ethical concerns in bacterial transformation?

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Josh Tran
May 11, 2018

There are a few, specifically the risk of creating a dangerous pathogen.

Explanation:

Bacteria reproduce very quickly, so purposely altering their genome increases the risk of a mutation causing the bacteria to evolve to be more infectious or more resistant to antibiotics.

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