Biotechnology / Brenda Wilmoth Lerner & K. Lee Lerner, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth, editor.

Lerner, K. Lee, editor.

Series:

In context (Gale (Firm))

In context Biotechnology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biotechnology--Popular works.

Biotechnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 volumes (lxxviii, 912 pages)) : illustrations (chiefly color).

Edition:

001 ed.

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Gale, Cengage Learning, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines biotechnology and related subjects in the context of science, government, politics, culture and society, and the environment. It also covers historical, political and ethical debates and issues.

Contents:

v. 1.

Advanced Biomass Cookstoves

Agricultural Biotechnology

Agrobacterium

Algae Bioreactor

Amino Acids, Commercial Use

Antibiotics, Biosynthesized

Antimicrobial Soaps

Antirejection Drugs

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Eli Lilly & Co.

Arthritis Drugs

Artificial Organs

Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA

Bacteria, Drug Resistant

Bacteriophage

Bayh-Dole Act of 1980

Belmont Report

Biochemical Engineering

Biochip

Biocomputers

Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act of 2005

Biodegradable Products and Packaging

Biodetectors

Biodiversity

Biodiversity Agreements

Bioeconomy

Bioethics

Biofuels, Gas

Biofuels, Liquid

Biofuels, Solid

Bioglass

Bioinformatics

Biological Confinement

Biological Pesticides

Biological Weapons: Genetic Identification

Biologics Control Act

Bioluminescence

Biomagnetics

Biometrics

Biomimetic Systems

Biopharmaceuticals

Bioplastics (Bacterial Polymers)

Biopreservation

Bioreactor

Bioremediation

Bioremediation: Oil Spills

Biorobotics

Biosafety Level Laboratories

Biosurfactants

Biotechnologists

Biotechnology

Biotechnology Organizations

Biotechnology Products

Biotechnology Valuation

Bioterrorism

Blood-Clotting Factors

Blood Transfusions

Bone Substitutes

Botox

Bovine Growth Hormone

Breeding, Selective

Bt Insect Resistant Crops

Cabilly Patents

Cancer Drugs

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Cell Imaging

Cell Therapy (Somatic Cell Therapy)

Chemotherapy Drugs

Cloning

Collagen Replacement

Combinatorial Biology

Competitions and Prizes in Biotechnology

Contract Research Organizations

Corn, Genetically Engineered

Cornstarch Packing Materials

Corticosteroids

Cosmetics

Cotton, Genetically Engineered

Cryonics

Dairy and Cheese Biotechnology

Designer Babies

Designer Genes

Diamond v. Chakrabarty

Digital-Biological Computer

Disease-Resistant Crops

DNA Databases

DNA Field-Effect Transistor

DNA Fingerprinting

DNA Sequencing

DNA Testing: Post-Conviction

DNA Vaccines

Drought-Resistant Crops

Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act

E. Coli: Protein Production Medium

Egg (Ovum) Donors

Electrophoresis

Eli Lilly & Co. v. Medtronic, Inc.

Environmental Biotechnology

Enzyme Replacement Therapy

Enzymes, Industrial

Ethanol

Fat Substitutes

Fermentation

Fertilizers

Food Preservation

Forensic Biotechnology

Forensic DNA Testing

Frost-Resistant Crops

Frozen Egg Technology

Fuel Cell Technology

GE-Free Food Rights

GenBank

Gene Banks

Gene Delivery

Gene Police

Gene Therapy

Genetic Bill of Rights

Genetic Discrimination

Genetic Engineering

Genetic Privacy

Genetic Technology

Genetic Use Restriction Technology

Genetically Modified Crops

Genetically Modified Food

Genewatch UK

Genome

Genomics

Germ Line Gene Therapy

GloFish®

Golden Rice

Government Regulations

Green Chemistry.

v. 2.

HapMap Project

HeLa Cell Line Case

Helsinki Declaration (1964)

Herbicide-Tolerant Plants

Human Cloning

Human Embryonic Stem Cell Debate

Human Subject Protections

Human Subjects of Biotechnological Research

In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)

Indigenous Peoples and Traditional Resources Rights

Individual Privacy Rights

Industrial Genetics

Informed Consent

Insulin, Recombinant Human

Isoschizomer

LabCorp v. Metabolite, Inc.

Laundry Detergents

Life Patents

Lipidomics

Lysenkoism

Magnet-Assisted Transfection

MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc.

Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd.

Metabolic Engineering

Microarrays

Microbial Biodegradation

Microinjection

Molecular Biology

Molecular Farming

Monoclonal Antibodies

Monsanto Canada, Inc. v. Schmeiser

Nanotechnology, Molecular

Neuroimaging

Nicking Enzyme

Nuclear Transfer

Nuremberg Code (1948)

Oncogenomics

Organ Transplants

Orphan Drugs

Painkillers

Panopticism

Patents and Other Intellectual Property Rights

Paternity Testing

Penicillins

Pharmaceutical Advances in Quantitative Development

Pharmacogenomics

Phytoremediation

Plant-Made Pharmaceuticals (Biopharming)

Plant Patent Act of 1930

Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

Project TIME

Prosthetics

Protein Therapies

Proteomics

Pyrosequencing

Recombinant Antibody Therapeutics

Recombinant DNA Technology

Registry of Standard Biological Parts

Replication

Research Exemption

RNA

Roche Products, Inc. v. Bolar Pharmaceutical Co.

Salinity-Tolerant Plants

Security-Related Biotechnology

Selection and Amplification Binding Assay

Silk Making

Single Molecule Fluorescent Sequencing

Skin Substitutes

Smart Mice

SNP Genotyping

Soil Modifying Bacteria

Solid Waste Treatment

Soybeans

Space Research

Sperm Donors

Stem Cell Cloning

Stem Cell Laws

Stem Cell Lines

Stem Cells

Stem Cells, Adult

Stem Cells, Embryonic

Sugar Substitutes

Synthetic Biology

Synthetic Organs

Terminator Technology

Therapeutic Cloning

Tissue Banks

Tissue Engineering

Transcription

Transgenic Animals

Transgenic Plants

Translation

Translational Medicine

Twiblings

Vaccination

Vaccines

Viral Transfer

Virology

Waste Gas Treatment

Wastewater Treatment

Weaponization

Wheat, Genetically Engineered

Xenotransplantation

Yeast Artificial Chromosome.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 13, 2016).

ISBN:

9781410337467

1410337464

9781414490854

1414490852

OCLC:

786443289