• Question: Have genetic engineering always been successful on the first run OR is it always trial and error? If it had not been successful on the first time, do you feel any guilt?

    Asked by thedoctor to Chris, Kay, Kerstin on 22 Mar 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Kerstin Zechner

      Kerstin Zechner answered on 22 Mar 2010:

      In the worms we use, it can very often be trial and error, as sometimes the way you engineered the genes together doesn’t really work. I do sometimes feel bad, but not guilt, more frustration.

    • Photo: Kay Penicud

      Kay Penicud answered on 24 Mar 2010:

      No, but I’ve done a lot of experiments unlikely to work – you never know unless you try!

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