Genetic engineering @ wikipedia- direct manipulation unlike breeding, 5 step process, creation of living art forms (bioart), applications-mostly for vaccines thus far but promising for curing genetic disease. Has potential to alter human appearance, adaptability, intelligence, character, and behaviour. It can potentially be used in creating more dramatic changes.
biofact.com- Explains the difference between different types of genetic manipulation from natural selection (occurs naturally) to selective breeding, to cloning. This site has some interesting technical information about how some of these processes are done and also highlights some of the controversy on the subject.
eubios.info/Papers/HGT92- Has more information on public acceptance or lack thereof, and gives a semi-detailed description of why there's such an impassioned and fearful dislike of such technologies. Also, this site has statistical data on where human gene therapy and other applications of genetic manipulation are being used around the world.
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