Christopher Wild, a lay Anglican, is a former Professor of Molecular Epidemiology at Leeds, with a particular interest in the relationship between environmental and genetic factors in the development of cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Appointed, leaving Leeds, director of the prestigious International Agency for Research on Cancer at Lyon, he is now excellently qualified to give an overview of ethical issues arising from recent developments in genetic science. He does so with commendable clarity: someone useful for the new Archbishop of Canterbury to consult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He repeatedly emphasises \u2014 as others have done, following the late, great Ian Barbour \u2014 that (genetic) science can be used for good or ill: \u201cAs with so much of genetics, honourable and dishonourable aims run side by side, employing the same tools. This is \u2018dual use\u2019 at its most dangerous. While some seek to overcome disease by genetic engineering, others seek to weaponise biology.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p> Robin Gill reviews Unravelling DNA: Applying Christian values to a genetic age by Christopher Paul Wild 🧬📚#Bookreview<\/a> #DNA<\/a> #churchnews<\/a> #churchtimes<\/a> 📖https:\/\/t.co\/1nTZv19uVi<\/a><\/p>— Church Times (@ChurchTimes) February 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>