Genetic engineering
Subtitle: a reference handbook
By: Harry LeVine III
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Contemporary world issues
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9781851098606; 9781851098613
Subjects: Genetic engineering; Genetic Engineering; Handbooks; Génie génétique; Gentechnologie; Handbooks, manuals; Organismes génétiquement modifiés; Guides, manuels
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface to the Second Edition --; title: Preface to the First Edition -- -- 1.; title: Overview of genetic engineering --; title: What is genetic engineering, and why is it important today? --; title: The brief history of the genetic engineering revolution --; title: Nuts and bolts of genetic engineering --; title: The structure of DNA --; title: The DNA code --; title: Cloning technology --; title: Polymerase chain reaction --; title: Chip technologies --; title: Information management and the rise of bioinformatics --; title: Gene mapping --; title: Pharmacogenomics --; title: Bioinformatics --; title: Genetically modified animals and plants --; title: Nuclear transplantation --; title: Stem cell regenerative therapy --; title: Applications of genetic engineering --; title: Biomanufacturing --; title: Agriculture --; title: Industry --; title: Bioremediation --; title: Medicine and health --; title: Gene therapy --; title: Pharmacogenomics --; title: DNA and the law --; title: Biological warfare and bioterrorism --; title: Conclusion --; title: References.; title: 2.; title: Problems, controversies, and solutions --; title: Problems and controversy --; title: Safety of genetic engineering --; title: Genetic engineering and health --; title: Genetic testing --; title: Health privacy --; title: Insurance and employment --; title: Human cloning --; title: Religious implications of genetic engineering --; title: Embryonic stem cells --; title: Impact of genetic engineering on health and privacy --; title: Possibilities for action --; title: Impact of genetically modified foods --; title: Genetic engineering of food animals --; title: Environmental safety --; title: Agribusiness control of agriculture --; title: Possibilities for action --; title: Impact of bioremediation --; title: Possibilities for action --; title: Impact of genetic engineering on DNA and the law --; title: Where is genetic engineering today? --; title: Scientists and physicians --; title: Industry--; title: Universities --; title: Ecological activists --; title: Politicians --; title: References.; title: 3.; title: Worldwide perspective --; title: International impact of genetic engineering --; title: Status of genetic engineering around the world --; title: Impact on developing countries --; title: Possible impact of genetic engineering --; title: Recommendations for action --; title: Biowarfare and bioterrorism --; title: International mirror of controversies in the United States --; title: Genetically modified foods --; title: International regulation of genetic engineering --; title: References -- -- 4.; title: Chronology of genetic engineering -- -- 5.; title: Biographical sketches --; title: William French Anderson --; title: Paul Berg --; title: Herbert Wayne Boyer --; title: Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty --; title: John William Coleman --; title: Francis Sellers Collins --; title: Francis Harry Compton Crick --; title: Rosalind Franklin --; title: Albert Gore, Jr. --; title: Leroy E. Hood --; title: Edward Moore Kennedy --; title: Michael Martin --; title: Barbara McClintock --; title: Louis Pasteur --; title: Jeremy Rifkin --; title: Marian Lucy Rivas --; title: Maxine Frank Singer --; title: Robert Swanson --; title: James Alexander Thomson --; title: J. Craig Venter --; title: James Dewey Watson.; title: 6.; title: Facts, data, and opinion --; title: Statistical data --; title: Understanding and acceptance of genetic engineering --; title: Genetic engineering as a business --; title: The cycle of ideas --; title: Medical applications --; title: Agriculture and manufacturing --; title: Bioremediation --; title: Safety --; title: Ethics --; title: Bioterrorism --; title: Genetic testing --; title: Employment and insurance --; title: DNA forensics --; title: HUman cloning --; title: Stem cells --; title: Summary --; title: References -- -- 7.; title: Directory of organizations, associations, and agencies -- -- 8.; title: Selected print and nonprint resources --; title: Books --; title: General --; title: Ethics --; title: International --; title: Legal --; title: Business --; title: Agriculture --; title: Environment --; title: Science --; title: Books on genetic engineering (young adult sources) --; title: U.S. Government publications --; title: Office of Technology Assessment Documents --; title: Congressional reports --; title: Other government agency reports --; title: Nongovernment reports --; title: Periodicals and newsletters --; title: Directories --; title: Selected nonprint resources --; title: Videocassettes --; title: Computer programs and other electronic resources --; title: Databases --; title: Internet sources on genetic engineering --; title: Appendix : acronyms --; title: Glossary --; title: Index --; title: About the author.