If you're interested in more, start with the first time people got concerned about this problem, nearly 40 years ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilomar_Conf

If you're interested in more, start with the first time people got concerned about this problem, nearly 40 years ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilomar_Conference_on_Recombinant_DNA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilomar_Conference_on_Recombin...