Hullar, Theodore L.2017-05-172017-05-171993https://hdl.handle.net/1813/49757Biotechnology is quickly moving into the center of biological sciences. It is providing for new products which promise to add much to commerce and industry, including specific biomedical therapies and dramatically improved agricultural practices and products but also spawns strong, even fierce, controversy about manipulation of genome and environment. This paper offers a perspective on major features of this discussion and to suggest specific actions which might be clarify understanding and resolve issues.en-USAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalAgricultural biotechnologyrisk assessment, public perception, science communicationregulationanimal biotechnologybioethicsbook chapter