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1 online resource (264 pages) |
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Biotechnology Unzipped; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 How Biotechnology Came About; WHAT IS BIOTECHNOLOGY?; IN THE BEGINNING; THE VOYAGER AND THE MONK; COLORED BODIES; LET THERE BE DNA; UNRAVELING THE DOUBLE HELIX; HOW DOES DNA STORE INFORMATION?; A COPY IN EVERY CELL; WHAT DO GENES DO?; PROTEIN PRIMER; THE GENETIC CODE; HOW GENES MAKE PROTEINS; D(ARING) N(UCLEOTIDE) A(DVENTURES); Chapter 2 Tools in the Genetic Engineering Workshop ; WHY BACTERIA?; HIJACKERS AND MOLECULE SNIPPERS; FIRST, CATCH YOUR DNA; MAKING RECOMBINANT DNA; PUTTING NEW GENES INTO CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION |
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CLONING PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND CELLSMONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES; DNA PROBES; DNA FINGERPRINTING -- POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Chapter 3 Biotechnology and the Body; NEW PARTS FOR OLD; IT'S ALL IN THE GENES; THE BEGINNINGS OF GENE THERAPY; THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; THE CONTINUING STORY OF GENE THERAPY; MICROBES IN MEDICINE; MEDICINES FROM PLANTS; THE INTERFERON STORY; GENES AND VACCINES; NATURE'S MAGIC BULLETS; DESIGNER DRUGS; A CASE STUDY: TRYPTOPHAN; CLOSING THOUGHTS; Chapter 4 Biotechnology on the Farm ; MILKING IT FOR ALL IT'S WORTH; LET US SPRAY; DEVELOPING REGULATIONS; GREAT EXPECTATIONS |
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PESTS AND DISEASESA VERSATILE BACTERIUM; WEATHER AND SOIL; FARMER-CEUTICALS?; CLOSING THOUGHTS; Chapter 5 Biotechnology and the Environment ; MICROBES CLEAN UP; MICROBES AS MONITORS; FINDING THE RIGHT MICROBES FOR THE JOB; A QUICK READING; MICROBES AND MINES; GOLDEN HARVEST; A NEW ANGLE TO LANDSCAPING; FIGHTING CHEMICALS WITH CHEMICALS; MAKING NEW FUELS; CLOSING THOUGHTS; Chapter 6 Biotechnology in Seas and Trees ; AN OCEAN OF OPPORTUNITY; FOUL IS FAIR; UNDERWATER DRUGS; A CORNUCOPIA OF CHEMICALS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; FUELS FROM THE SEA; FARMING THE SEAS; DISEASES AND POLLUTION |
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FROZEN FISHTHE FOREST AND THE TREES; A HARVEST OF WOOD; BUILDING BETTER TREES; FORESTS OF THE FUTURE; CLOSING THOUGHTS; Chapter 7 Ethical Issues; MAKING OPINIONS; LIFE®; PATENTING PEOPLE; PROBLEMS WITH PATENTS; PROFITING FROM THE POOR; PROTECTING CONSUMERS; HEALTH DILEMMAS; GENE THERAPY REVISITED; PROS AND CONS OF GENE THERAPY; PROMETHEUS REVISITED; Postscript; Glossary A; Further Reading; CHAPTER 1. HOW BIOTECHNOLOGY CAME ABOUT; CHAPTER 2. TOOLS IN THE GENETIC ENGINEERING WORKSHOP; CHAPTER 3. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE BODY; CHAPTER 4. BIOTECHNOLOGY ON THE FARM |
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CHAPTER 5. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENTCHAPTER 6. BIOTECHNOLOGY IN SEAS AND TREES; CHAPTER 7. ETHICAL ISSUES; Internet Resources; Index; Photo Credits & Sources |
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Print version record |
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Biotechnology -- Popular works
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Biotechnology
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Popular works
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Book, A. Joseph Henry Press
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| ISBN |
9780309590433 |
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0309590434 |
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