SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF GENETIC ENGINEERING

Genetic technology in the late 20th - early 21st century have become part of medical practice. "Humanity is looking forward to genetics, which, through its opening, can change the fate of his contemporaries and descendants, giving them a better predestination. ... In historical perspective genetics - an enzyme that accelerates the physical and moral perfection of mankind, and so it will remain "backbone" of the civilization of XXI century. Genetic diagnosis and counseling have become one of the types of care. Developed technology of gene therapy and engineering. In the field of modern genetic technology dominates the trend towards the development of technologies to design, modify the biological nature of man, in particular, the technology of genetic modification of organisms and animals, gene therapy, cloning animals.