This book gave an overview of how far the science community has come in regards to biotechnology and in specific, DNA technology. It also touched on the implications that are begining to arise in the area of bioethics. I had hoped this would be more of an ethics piece than an introduction to molecular biology book, but it failed to do so. Half the book was spent reviewing basic biology (which most people with a high school education would know the gist of) and left out interesting details I was hoping to find. All in all, no surprises in this piece. If you want to learn about molecular biology and why DNA is important, I would recomend this book, otherwise, it’s pretty run of the mill.