Scientists working with embryonic stem cells or transgenic organisms are sometimes perceived as evil: modern-day Frankensteins meddling with the building blocks of life.
In his new book, The Geneticist Who Played Hoops With My DNA ... and Other Masterminds From the Frontiers of Biotech , journalist and author David Ewing Duncan chats with some of the most prominent and powerful life scientists in the United States about the human motivations behind their God-like endeavors.
