The Secret of Life: Redesigning the Living World

Levine, Joseph and Suzuki, David

ISBN 10: 0773727442 / ISBN 13: 9780773727441

Published by Stoddart, Toronto, 1993

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First Edition (Canada). 280 pp., color photos. Minimal shelf-wear. Remainder mark on bottom edge of text. Pages are clean and unmarked with a tight binding. The jacket has two small stains on the rear panel but the book covers are clean.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Secret of Life: Redesigning the Living World
• Publisher: Stoddart, Toronto
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773727442
• ISBN 13: 9780773727441
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-
• Seller catalogs:
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The secret of life: Redesigning the living worldAuthor: Joseph S. LevineTitle: The secret of life: Redesigning the living worldPublication: StoddartEdition: FIRST EDITIONDescription: First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Stoddart, 1999. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new with sticker residue on the front cover, and black publisher mark on the bottom page ends. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York. Seller ID: 360668Subject: Science & Nature We Buy Books! Collections - Libraries - Estates - Individual Titles. Message us if you have books to sell!

From Publishers Weekly

The impact of advances in molecular biology on our daily lives is the theme of this stunningly illustrated companion to a PBS series. Biologist Levine and geneticist Suzuki (the series' host) scan the frustrating search for vaccines to combat AIDS and take readers inside the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta where researchers are devising strategies to "teach" the immune system to ward off viruses. The authors also scrutinize attempts to isolate genes implicated in cancer and examine medical and commercial applications spawned by biotechnology, with its attendant ethical dilemmas and potential environmental hazards. Looking to the future, they detail the potential of gene therapy as a tool to correct genetic defects, to "enhance" normal characteristics or to cure hereditary diseases. This volume, which stands on its own as a scholarly survey, concludes with an impartial review of the controversy over whether specific genes can make people smart, shy, criminal, alcoholic, manic-depressive or homosexual.
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