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A terrible beauty is born : clones, genes and the future of mankind / Brendan Curran.
Veterinary: Atwood Library (Campus) QH442.2 .C87 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Curran, Brendan.
- Series:
- Science spectra ; v. 3.
- Science spectra
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cloning--Popular works.
- Cloning.
- Cloning--Moral and ethical aspects--Popular works.
- Bioethical Issues.
- Cloning--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Cloning, Organism.
- Genetic Engineering.
- Medical Subjects:
- Bioethical Issues.
- Cloning, Organism.
- Genetic Engineering.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 165 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2003.
- Summary:
- Is it acceptable to clone human beings? Are we wise to alter genes to produce "designer babies"? Do we really wish to know our likelihood of getting cancer decades before the event? Can we handle the ecological consequences of planting genetically modified (GM) plants? Fifty years ago we did not know what a gene was; today the awesome power of genetics is impacting on our daily lives. As the question rapidly becomes not "can we?" but "should we?", this book reflects on how these extraordinary outcomes have been achieved and where they might be leading us. By demystifying genetic engineering and exploring the basic biology underlying the living world, it explains how clones and gene cloning technology are in many ways extensions of processes occurring constantly in nature. Used wisely these processes have the potential to bring enormous benefits; abused, they carry with them potential dangers which we ignore at our peril.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Uniquely similar! 1
- Chapter 2 Incredible journeys 13
- Chapter 3 What is it about the nucleus? 27
- Chapter 4 The health of the nation 47
- Chapter 5 Dealing with the invisible 59
- Chapter 6 Awesome analysis 77
- Chapter 7 Knowledge is power 91
- Chapter 8 Marvellous molecules 105
- Chapter 9 Wonderful cures 119
- Chapter 10 Amazing ambitions 131
- Chapter 11 All is changed
- changed utterly 145.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0415287081
- 041528709X
- OCLC:
- 50730934
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