Another respondent, like many others, highlighted the conflict she faced, in trying to balance her fears with her desire to know and understand more about genetic research. “Genetic research—I’m a little leery with that word research. You know, after reading about certain things—they use people for research and they’re like really messed up. I know that somebody has to step up, you know, so you get testings or see how things are going to work. Genetics—I think it has to do with the DNA or your genes or something like that. As far as like splicing animals with different animals and stuff like that, I think that’s kind of like playing with fire. I’m a little afraid and then I’m curious. I don’t want to see nobody grow an extra head or an extra toe or something like that. But if you don’t explore you won’t know.”
