Reshaping Life: Key issues in genetic engineering

Nossal G, Coppel R
Reshaping Life: Key issues in genetic engineering

Reshaping Life: Key issues in genetic engineering

Nossal G, Coppel R

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Powerful technologies can be used wisely or unwisely . . . It is not just DNA research which worries people, but reproductive, cellular and genetic research generally. Much of this technology is being rushed into widespread use, with little time to debate or educate the public. This makes it all the more important that the key issues of modern biotechnology are outlined in a simple yet authoritative way.

The human genome was published in June 2000. This historic event marked the close of a century in which we have made extraordinary advances in genetic engineering techniques.

What are some of the implications, for scientists and for society, of the amazing medical technology that is now available? Who should decide what is an ethical, or a safe, experiment? And how does our ability to manipulate life affect our perceptions of our place in the universe?

In this third, fully updated edition of Reshaping Life, Professor Ross Coppel joins eminent biologist Professor Gustav Nossal to explain in simple terms the techniques now being developed and used in genetic engineering.

Author:   Nossal G, Coppel R
ISBN:  

9780522849943


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 April 2002
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
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Powerful technologies can be used wisely or unwisely . . . It is not just DNA research which worries people, but reproductive, cellular and genetic research generally. Much of this technology is being rushed into widespread use, with little time to debate or educate the public. This makes it all the more important that the key issues of modern biotechnology are outlined in a simple yet authoritative way.

The human genome was published in June 2000. This historic event marked the close of a century in which we have made extraordinary advances in genetic engineering techniques.

What are some of the implications, for scientists and for society, of the amazing medical technology that is now available? Who should decide what is an ethical, or a safe, experiment? And how does our ability to manipulate life affect our perceptions of our place in the universe?

In this third, fully updated edition of Reshaping Life, Professor Ross Coppel joins eminent biologist Professor Gustav Nossal to explain in simple terms the techniques now being developed and used in genetic engineering.

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Author:   Nossal G, Coppel R
ISBN:  

9780522849943


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 April 2002
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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