CONTROLLING THE GENETIC ARSENAL
In April 199 1, an exposition opened
in the hall atop Paris's great arch of La Defense under the title, La Vie En Kit (Life in a Test Tube)- ~thi~ue
et Biologic. Along with the
displays about molecular genetics and human genome research were a cata- logue and placard by psychoanalyst Monette Vaquin. The latter captured many of the anxieties aroused by this subject:
Today, astounding paradox, the generation following Nazism is giving the world the tools of eugenics beyond the wildest Hit...