Biotechnology
By: edited by Lynn Messina
Series: The Reference shelf -- v. 72, no. 4
Publisher: H.W. Wilson
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780824209858
Subjects: Biotechnology; Genetic engineering; Popular works
Description: "A collection of articles exploring the ethical, social, religious, economic and political implications of biotechnical innovations."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-179) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Milestone for Humanity"  -- Robert Cooke; title: Deciphering the code of life  -- Francis S. Collins and Karin G. Jegalian; title: It's not "all in the genes"  -- Robert Sapolsky; title: Worm offers the first animal genome  -- J. Travis; title: Fruit fly genome yields data and a validation  -- Elizabeth Pennisi; title: Our genes for sale--get 'em while they're hot  -- Ellen Goodman; title: Unlocking the cells  -- Ronald Bailey; title: DNA tests cast shadow on adoption  -- Richard Saltus; title: Playing God  -- Kristi Coale; title: Capturing the promise of youth -- Gretchen Vogel.; title: Petri dish politics  -- Ronald Bailey; title: Immortality and its discontents  -- Sherwin B. Nuland; title: Thriving pioneer of gene tests  -- Marlene Cimons; title: With cloning of a sheep, the ethical ground shifts  -- Gina Kolata; title: For cloning pioneer, biotechnology holds promise of medical gains  -- Marjorie Miller; title: Of headless mice...and men  -- Charles Krauthammer; title: Judeo-Christian case against human cloning  -- Stephen G. Post; title: Can bioengineering create a human heart?  -- Vincent Kiernan; title: From science fiction to science: "the whole body transplant" -- Malcolm W. Browne.; title: Animal transplants: safe or sorry?  -- Amy Otchet; title: Mind over matter  -- Damaris Christensen; title: Cyborg 1.0  -- Kevin Warwick; title: Global food fight  -- Robert Paarlberg; title: You're eating genetically modified food  -- James Freeman; title: New type of gene engineering is aimed at sidestepping critics -- Barnaby J. Feder.