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Genetically yours : bioinforming, biopharming, biofarming / Hwa A. Lim.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lim, Hwa A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genetic engineering.
- Biotechnology.
- Human genome.
- Cloning.
- Bioinformatics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (350p. ) illustrations, portraits
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study covers key aspects in the field of biotechnology, with topics such as genome projects, animal and human cloning, and biowarfare. The author presents firsthand accounts from both the scientific and the business perspective. Each chapter is self-contained and there are footnotes. This study covers key aspects in the field of biotechnology, with topics ranging from genome projects, through animal and human cloning, to biowarfare. The author presents firsthand accounts from both the scientific and the business perspective. The work is addressed primarily to experts and professionals who are very busy but who wish to gain insights through a different and comprehensive perspective of this important field. It is also aimed at laypeople who are interested in learning more about bioinformatics, and the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and healthcare industries. Each chapter is self-contained and footnotes provide further references for interested readers.
- Contents:
- The Genome Project: Its Impacts and Implications; Post-Genomics Matters: Send Out a Thousand Ships, Not Catalogue a Thousand Genes; AgBiotechnology: Genetically Modified; Aqua Biotechnology; Clonology and Clonetechnology; Pet Cloning and BioFactory; Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research; Genomic and Proteomic Technologies and Beyond; Submicron Technology and Nanotechnology; Patentability in Biotechnology; Biological and Biology-Related Information as a Commodity and the Rise of Bioinformatics; Turbo-Charging Bioinformation for Drug Discovery; A New Kind of War: Biowarfare and Info Warfare; Two Decades of Biotechnology and a Decade of Bioinformatics.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789812777539
- 9812777539
- OCLC:
- 879074327
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