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/^t/The disadvantages of experimenting with genes may appear distructive for humanity and environment. As a strong intervension in natural traits of all organisms, it can evoke many mutations. By cloning which aims at improving those traits, the undesired qualities could be developed. It also applies to experiments carried on viruses, which may cause outburst of new diseases instead of counteracting them. Gene experiments, which are to regulate and improve fertility, may violate the population balance on earth. This would lead to increase of population and starvation. For all those reasons gene experiments should be perceived as a danger to the human civilization.