Biotechnology is big news.
And when we learn of the latest discoveries, we view them with much the same wonderment as those before us who clicked on the first electric light or took a maiden spin in the horseless carriage. Biotechnology, say experts, is the new scientific frontier. These questions need to be considered, acknowledges Vivian Lee Ward, program director of Access Excellence, an interactive Web site for biology teachers funded by the biotechnology company Genentech. Students have to be able to use science and know what it means in terms of their world. Humans have been making practical use of living organisms for a very long time.