The Lancet article was co-authored by David Nutt, a professor and Britain's former chief drug adviser, who caused controversy last year after he published an article saying ecstasy was not as dangerous as riding a horse.
One concern is the idea that genetic modification in the laboratory is more dangerous than genetic modification in the field, which is long-established (see article).
As explained by the Vancouver Sun in its article The Gender Divide, How to Remove the Glass Ceiling Stanford is moving into the dangerous political waters of trying to explain the gender leadership gap as nested in biology.