By Cindy Hodakoski

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Bioinformatics is on the rise.  The knowledge scientists are gaining is increasing at a tremendous pace.  However, this knowledge can be very controversial and moral conflicts arise.  Issues involving price, the protection of humans, the creation of perfect babies, and cloning are just a few of the many topics that have been debated for years, and will continue to stir conflict.  Click on the site
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/ publicat/genechoice/ to read about ethical issues created by bioinformatics in detail.

(picture provided by Your Genes, Your Choices site)