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9780824209858

Biotechnology

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  • ISBN13:

    9780824209858

  • ISBN10:

    0824209850

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-09-01
  • Publisher: Hw Wilson Co
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Table of Contents

Preface vii
The Human Genome Project
1(32)
Editor's Introduction
3(2)
``Milestone for Humanity''
5(8)
Robert Cooke
Deciphering the Code of Life
13(8)
Francis S. Collins
Karin G. Jegalian
It's Not ``All in the Genes''
21(3)
Robert Sapolsky
Worm Offers the First Animal Genome
24(3)
J. Travis
Fruit Fly Genome Yields Data and a Validation
27(2)
Elizabeth Pennisi
Our Genes for Sale---Get'em While They're Hot
29(4)
Ellen Goodman
Genetic Testing: Identification and Diagnosis
33(20)
Editor's Introduction
35(2)
Unlocking the Cells
37(5)
Ronald Bailey
DNA Tests Cast Shadow on Adoption
42(4)
Richard Saltus
Playing God
46(7)
Kristi Coale
Reprogramming the Human Body
53(32)
Editor's Introduction
55(2)
Capturing the Promise of Youth
57(4)
Gretchen Vogel
Petri Dish Politics
61(13)
Ronald Bailey
Immortality and Its Discontents
74(4)
Sherwin B. Nuland
A Thriving Pioneer of Gene Tests
78(7)
Marlene Cimons
Send in the Clones
85(22)
Editor's Introduction
87(2)
With Cloning of a Sheep, the Ethical Ground Shifts
89(4)
Gina Kolata
For Cloning Pioneer, Biotechnology Holds Promise of Medical Gains
93(4)
Marjorie Miller
Of Headless Mice... And Men
97(3)
Charles Krauthammer
The Judeo-Christian Case against Human Cloning
100(7)
Stephen G. Post
Rebuilding the Human Body
107(36)
Editor's Introduction
109(2)
Can Bioengineering Create a Human Heart?
111(6)
Vincent Kiernan
From Science Fiction to Science: ``The Whole Body Transplant''
117(3)
Malcolm W. Browne
Animal Transplants: Safe or Sorry?
120(6)
Amy Otchet
Mind over Matter
126(6)
Damaris Christensen
Cyborg 1.0
132(11)
Kevin Warwick
Genetically Modified Organisms
143(24)
Editor's Introduction
145(2)
The Global Food Fight
147(13)
Robert Paarlberg
You're Eating Genetically Modified Food
160(3)
James Freeman
New Type of Gene Engineering Is Aimed at Sidestepping Critics
163(4)
Barnaby J. Feder
Bibliography 167(2)
Additional Periodical Articles with Abstracts 169(12)
Index 181

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