Reshaping Life: Key Issues in Genetic Engineering
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Language: English
Published by Melbourne University Press, 1998
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[Author], [Publisher]. NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title. Author: Sir Gustav J. V. Nossal Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 253 How far should scientists go in exploring the secrets of life? The first edition of this acclaimed and enduring book was published nearly twenty years ago. The questions it explores are now very much more complex and urgent. As political responses to them will affect us all, informed public understanding of the benefits and risks involved is crucial. This new edition, thoroughly updated, is essential reading.
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- Title
- Reshaping Life: Key Issues in Genetic Engineering
- Author
- G.J.V. Nossal; Ross L. Coppel
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Press
- Publication year
- 1998
- Book Type
- Secondhand, Paperback
- Binding
- Secondhand, Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0522849946
- ISBN 13
- 9780522849943
Genetic engineering is one of the most exciting scientific developments this century and this book, an updated version of Sir Gustav Nossal's highly successful first edition, is a simple exposition of this complex subject and its related ethical issues. Comprehensible to the intelligent layman, it describes the fundamentals of molecular genetics and the principles of genetic engineering. The various ways in which gene transfer has revolutionized medical science and the potential for its use in agriculture, mining and waste disposal are described as well as the industries that have grown up based on this technology. The final chapters discuss the ethical considerations, the public policy implications and the future. This new edition contains updated material on the recent technological advances in the field of gene cloning (e.g. genetic fingerprinting) and some early chapters have been extensively updated by Dr Ross Coppel to make the biological concepts even easier to grasp.
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