In our own hands

Biotechnology is changing the world, but why do nations respond so differently?Transatlantic drift In “Designs on Nature: Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States”, Sheila Jasanoff targets the convergence of biology and politics. Advances in stem-cell technology, genetic modification and cloning and have fuelled public debate world-wide, but different countries are adopting very different ways of regulating innovation. In a ‘globalized’ world that spells trouble.