Dangers
of
Genetic
Engineering - Recombinant DNA research involves potential dangers. Genetic engineering could create dangerous new forms of life, either accidently or deliberately. A host microorganism may acquire harmful characteristics as a result of insertion of foreign genes.
If disease-carrying microorganisms formed as a result of genetic manipulation escaped from laboratories, they could cause a variety of diseases. For example, Streptococcus, a bacterium causing rheumatic fever, scarlet fever, strep throat and kidney disease, never acquired penicillin resistance in nature.
