Genetic Engineering: A Primer

by Hill; Walter E.

• ISBN13: 9780415300070
• ISBN10: 041530007X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-23
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Genetic Engineering: A Primer presents the growing field of biotechnology to non-science majors and other general interest readers. The author examines the natural forces that change genetic information and the ways in which scientists have learned to engineer these genetic changes. With a wealth of information flooding the popular press, including the news and debate surrounding cloning, Genetic Engineering is a timely volume that provides background information to the reader intent on understanding this fascinating development. Content includes genetic engineering of plants, embryo transfers and cloning of animals, gene therapy and disease, other applications for gene therapy, biotechnology, and safety.

Author Biography

Walter E. Hill is currently an active undergraduate/graduate instructor at the University of Montana, in Missoula.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Building Blocks of Living Things
Matter and Living Things	p. 3
Proteins	p. 19
Nucleic Acids	p. 34
How Living Things Are Changed
Making and Altering Proteins	p. 59
Altering Genetic Material in Bacteria	p. 82
Genetically Engineering Bacteria	p. 103
Viruses	p. 124
Making Genetic Changes in Plants and Animals
Placing New Genes in Mammalian Cells	p. 139
Genetic Engineering of Plants	p. 158
Embryo Transfers and Cloning of Animals	p. 173
How Genetic Engineering Helps Us
Gene Therapy and Disease	p. 187
Other Applications for Gene Therapy	p. 203
Biotechnology, Safety, and the Future	p. 219
Glossary	p. 231
Appendix	p. 248
Index	p. 252
About The Author	p. 264
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