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9780826412577

Genetic Engineering -Dream or Nightmare? : Turning the tide on the Brave New World of Bad Science and Big Business

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  • ISBN13:

    9780826412577

  • ISBN10:

    0826412572

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-03-01
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Academic
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $22.95

Author Biography

Dr. Mae-Wan Ho is Reader in Biology at the Open University.

Table of Contents

Preface to the First Edition v
Preface to the Second Edition ix
The Unholy Alliance
1(23)
Genetic-Engineering Biotechnology Now
24(24)
The Science that Fails the Reality Test
48(19)
The Origins of Genetic Determinism
67(15)
Neo-Darwinism: Triumph or Travesty?
82(14)
The Central Dogma of Genetic Determinism
96(12)
The Fluid and Adaptable Genome
108(28)
Perils amid the Promises of Genetically Modified Food
136(32)
The Immortal Microbe and Promiscuous Genes
168(33)
Down at the Animal Pharm
201(18)
The Brave New World of Genetic Determinism
219(24)
The Mutable Gene and the Human Condition
243(27)
The New Age of the Organism
270(29)
Appendix: Global Moratorium on GE Biotechnology and No to Patents on Life 299(9)
Glossary 308(7)
Notes 315(24)
References 339(29)
Note on the Author 368(1)
Index 369

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