| Abstrakt: |
After years of speculation and promise, agricultural biotechnology is beginning to move from the research laboratory to the barn, the field and the processing plant. The orderly transition from research and development to application and commercialization will depend greatly upon acceptance by the consuming public. For this reason, educating the lay public about biotechnology is critically important, and scientists involved in biotechnological research in industry, government and academic institutions could play vital roles in fostering public understanding and rational discussion of biotechnological issues. It is time to recognize that the role of the scientist in sociey is changing. |
