ROANOKE TIMES 
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DATE: Saturday, June 15, 1996                TAG: 9606170044
SECTION: RELIGION                 PAGE: A-5  EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: DAVID BRIGGS ASSOCIATED PRESS
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RELIGION, SCIENCE FACE OFF OVER GENETIC ENGINEERING

They call it the "Bible," the "Book of Man" or the "Holy Grail."

They are scientists speaking about the human genome, but sociologist Dorothy Nelkin says the religious metaphors they use reveal how fundamental the issues surrounding genetic engineering are to science and religion.

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