After more than 40 years of parallel development, the information and life sciences — computing and biology — are fusing into a single, powerful force that is the foundation for the biotech century. Increasingly, the computer used to decode, 62．______ manage and organize the vast amounts of genetic information that will be raw resource of the new global economy. The biotech century promises great riches: genetically engineered plants and animal to feed a hungry population; genetically 63．______ derived sources of energy and fiber to build a renewable society; wonder drags and genetic therapies to produce healthier babies, eliminate suffering and extended human lifespan. But a question will 64．______ gaunt us: at what cost The new genetic commerce raises more troubling issues than any economic revolution in history. Will the artificial creation of cloned 65．______ and transgenic animals mean the end of nature and substitution of a 66．______ bio-industrial world Will the mass release of thousands of genetically engineered life forms into the environment cause catastrophic pollution and reversible damage to the biosphere What are the consequences of 67．______ the world’s gene pool become patented intellectual property, controlled 68．______ exclusively by a handful of corporations What will it mean to live in a world where babies are genetically engineered in the womb, and that 69．______ people are increasingly identified and stereotyped on the basis of their genotype The debate is not about the science but about how we apply them. 70．______ Until now the debate has engaged a very broad group of molecular 71．______ biologists and government policy-makers, though the biotech revolution affects us all. With the new technology flooding into our lives, the moment has come for a much broader debate, one that involves the whole society.