Editing Genetic engineering (section)

==In popular culture==
{{Main|Genetics in fiction#Genetic engineering}}
Genetic engineering features in many [[science fiction]] stories.<ref name="SFE">{{cite web |title=Genetic Engineering |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/genetic_engineering |website=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction |access-date=19 July 2018 |date=15 May 2017 }}</ref> [[Frank Herbert]]'s novel ''[[The White Plague]]'' describes the deliberate use of genetic engineering to create a [[pathogen]] which specifically kills women.<ref name="SFE" /> Another of Herbert's creations, the ''[[Dune (franchise)|Dune]]'' series of novels, uses genetic engineering to create the powerful [[Tleilaxu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outerplaces.com/science/item/16677-genetics-science-fiction-future|title=The Science of Sci-Fi: How Science Fiction Predicted the Future of Genetics|last1=Koboldt|first1=Daniel| name-list-style = vanc |date=29 August 2017|website=Outer Places|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719233445/https://www.outerplaces.com/science/item/16677-genetics-science-fiction-future|archive-date=19 July 2018|url-status=live|access-date=19 July 2018}}</ref> Few films have informed audiences about genetic engineering, with the exception of the 1978 ''[[The Boys from Brazil (film)|The Boys from Brazil]]'' and the 1993 ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'', both of which make use of a lesson, a demonstration, and a clip of scientific film.<ref name="Moraga2">{{cite journal|last=Moraga|first=Roger| name-list-style = vanc |date=November 2009|title=Modern Genetics in the World of Fiction|url=http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/moraga_11_09/|url-status=live|journal=[[Clarkesworld Magazine]]|issue=38|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719114128/http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/moraga_11_09/|archive-date=19 July 2018}}</ref><ref name=Wellcome>{{cite web |last=Clark |first=Michael | name-list-style = vanc |title=Genetic themes in fiction films: Genetics meets Hollywood |url=http://genome.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTD023539.html |publisher=[[The Wellcome Trust]] |access-date=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518055848/http://genome.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTD023539.html |archive-date=18 May 2012}}</ref> Genetic engineering methods are weakly represented in film; Michael Clark, writing for the [[Wellcome Trust]], calls the portrayal of genetic engineering and biotechnology "seriously distorted"<ref name="Wellcome" /> in films such as ''[[The 6th Day]]''. In Clark's view, the biotechnology is typically "given fantastic but visually arresting forms" while the science is either relegated to the background or fictionalised to suit a young audience.<ref name="Wellcome" />