Genetic Engineering in Livestock New Applications and Interdisciplinary Perspectives /

Recently, the first "zoopharming" product has reached market approval: it is a recombinant human protein for medical use that is produced in the milk of transgenic goats. In addition, other transgenic animals, including faster-growing salmon and "environmentally friendly" pigs wi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Engelhard, Margret (Editor ), Hagen, Kristin (Editor ), Boysen, Matthias (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
Colección:Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment, 34
Temas:
Biomedical engineering.
Genetics.
Ethics.
Biotechnology.
Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.
Genetics and Genomics.
Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Transgenic Farm Animals: Current Status and Perspectives for Agriculture and Biomedicine
  • Methods to Generate Transgenic Animals
  • Animal Pharming: Past Experience and Future Prospects
  • Market Development of Biopharmaceuticals
  • Ethical Aspects of Livestock Genetic Engineering
  • Assessing the Welfare of Transgenic Farm Animals.

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