"We will obviously have to do proper analyses of the environmental aspects, the potential output, and of course all the engineering aspects, " he added.

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In any event the most interesting aspects of genetic engineering do not involve making humans or Neanderthals or mammoths.

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These prospects will undoubtedly generate national and global debates on the moral and ethical aspects of whether we should engage in such engineering at all.

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