From biotechnology to genomes
Subtitle: the meaning of the double helix
By: Philippe Goujon.
Publisher: World Scientific Pub. Co.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Singapore; [River Edge], N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 782
Subjects: Gene mapping -- Forecasting; Human gene mapping -- Forecasting; Biotechnology -- Technological innovations -- Forecasting
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Foreword v; title: Introduction: The Essence of Life and the Labyrinth of; title: the Genome xiii; title: I The Invention of Biotechnology 1; title: 1.1 The Origins of Biotechnology 5; title: 1.2 The Emergence of a New Concept of Life 11; title: 1.3 From Zymotechnology to Biotechnology 13; title: 1.4 The Engineering of Nature - Towards the Best of all; title: Possible Worlds 21; title: 1.5 Technique, Biology and the Development of Biotechnics 23; title: 1.6 The Recognition of Biotechnology by the Institutions 43; title: 2 Political Interpretations of Biotechnology and the Birth of; title: the First Research Programs 62; title: 2.1 The Example of the United States 64; title: 2.2 Biotechnology in Japan: Economic Success and; title: Ecological Failure 73; title: 2.3 Germany and the Political Aspect of Biotechnology 78; title: 2.4 The British Development of Biotechnology: Delayed; title: Political Reaction 84; title: 2.5 The French Reaction 90; title: 2.6 The European Community and Biotechnology - The; title: Emergence of the First European Biotechnology Programs 92; title: 3 The Foundations of the Heralded Revolution 116; title: 3.1 From the Frontiers of Genetics to the Birth of; title: Molecular Biology 116; title: 3.2 The Secret of Life: DNA 126; title: 3.3 The First Sequencing of a Protein: Insulin 135; title: 3.4 Techniques of DNA Sequencing 139; title: 3.5 Gene Money, or the Miracles Expected of Biotechnology 161; title: 3.6 The Japanese Threat and the Human Frontier; title: Science Program 174; title: 4 Attack on the Genomes: The First Genetic and Physical Maps 182; title: 4.1 The Problem of Gene Localization 182; title: 4.2 Polymorphic Markers, Gene Mapping and the; title: Great Gene Hunt 185; title: 4.3 Towards a Complete Linkage Map 194; title: 4.4 Physical Genome Mapping: The Reconstruction of a; title: Complicated Puzzle 202; title: 4.5 The First Physical Maps of Large Genomes 205; title: 4.6 Towards a Physical Map of the Human Genome 215; title: 5 The Human Genome Project and the International; title: Sequencing Programs 217; title: 5.1 The Ultimate Challenge: The Human Genome Project 218; title: 5.2 The Department of Energy Initiative 230; title: 5.3 The NIH Genome Project 245; title: 5.4 HUGO, or the Difficulties of International Coordination 252; title: 5.5 The Importance of Model Organisms 267; title: 5.6 The International Dimensions of Genome Research:; title: The First Stirrings in other Countries 273; title: 6 European Biotechnology Strategy and Sequencing; title: the Yeast Genome 327; title: 6.1 Towards a New European Research Policy for; title: Biotechnology 328; title: 6.2 The 1980s: An Implementation of the 1983 Strategy? 341; title: 6.3 BAP's First Year 353; title: 6.4 The Revision of the BAP Program 359; title: 6.5 The Origins and Nature of the Yeast Genome; title: Sequencing Project 369; title: 6.6 Critical Discussions and the Adoption of the Yeast; title: Genome Sequencing Project 382; title: 7 The Decryption of Life 421; title: 7.1 The Structure and Organization of the European; title: Yeast Genome Sequencing Network 421; title: 7.2 A World First - The Sequence for a Whole Eucaryote; title: Chromosome: Chromosome III of the Yeast; title: Saccharomyces cerevisiae 434; title: 7.3 The Complete Sequence of the Genome and the; title: Intensification of European Efforts 451; title: 7.4 After the Sequence - The Challenge of Functional; title: Analysis 487; title: 7.5 Sequences, Sequences and More Sequences 511; title: 7.6 From Science to Economics 606; title: 8 Conclusion: The Dreams of Reason or the New Biology's; title: Dangerous Liaisons 643; title: 8.1 Fascination but Anxiety Concerning Progress in the; title: Life Sciences 643; title: 8.2 Reductionism vis-a-vis the Complexity of Life 648; title: 8.3 From Science to Ideology - The Dangers of; title: "The Genetic All" 658; title: 8.4 The Health Excuse - A New Utopia? 666; title: 8.5 Behind Gene Therapy - The Dangerous Liaisons; title: of the New Biology 676; title: 8.6 Convenient Reductionism 683; title: 8.7 The Reasons Behind an Ideology 684; title: EPILOGUE 690; title: Dreams or Nightmares? Man Reasoned out by His Genes 690; title: Bibliography 693; title: Acronyms 751; title: Author Index 755; title: Subject Index 773.