Dear Valerie, Genetic engineering can do wonders in the field of medicine. These are some of the applicaions currantly in use: Synthetic insulins & growth hormone Interferons tPA used for treating heart attacks In the future genetic engineering may bring a cure for inherted blood and immune disorders and metabolic disorders. I think genetic engineering in the agriculture industry should be banned. It affects the entire ecosystem. I think that farmers whsoe crops have been contaminated by the pollen of the monsanto plants should sue. Unfortunatly, breastmilk cannot prevent all human suffering. Unfortunately, most of the research industry is driven by money. With my deepest admiration, Vaishali *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html