→ The major bioethical concerns pertaining to biotechnology are summarised below.
(1) Use of animals in biotechnology causes great suffering to them.
(2) When animals are used for production of certain pharmaceutical proteins, they are treated as factory or machine.
(3) Introduction of a transgene from one species into another species violates the integrity of species.
(4) Transfer of human genes into animals or vice-versa is great ethic threat for humanness.
(5) Biotechnology is disrespectful to living beings, and only exploits them for the benefit of human beings.
(6) Biotechnology may pose unforeseen risks to the environment, including risk to biodiversity.