Synopsis

A jellyfish gene is introduced into a potato plant, causing it to glow when its water is low. Rice is engineered to produce vitamin A, a development poised to avert blindness in countless children across Africa. Other plants are altered to manufacture plastics or pharmaceuticals. While many hail these innovations as remarkable progress, others express concern that they may unleash unforeseen dangers to human health, erode the genetic resilience of our essential food crops, and create other signi