Beyond biotechnology : the barren promise of genetic engineering /

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The Human Genome Project announced in 2003 that it had successfully mapped the human DNA. Scientists, politicians, theologians, and pundits speculated what would follow. Beyond Biotechnology: The Barren Promise of Genetic Engineering distinguishes between hype and reality, examining the delicate rel...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Holdrege, Craig, 1953-
Other Authors: Talbott, Steve
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, ©2008.
Series:Culture of the land.
Subjects:
Genetic engineering.
Plant genetic engineering.
Agricultural biotechnology.
Biotechnology.
Bioengineering.
Genetically modified foods.
Agriculture > methods
Biotechnology
Food, Genetically Modified
Gene Expression > genetics
Genetic Engineering
Nature
Biotechnologie agricole.
Génie génétique végétal.
Biotechnologie.
Aliments transgéniques.
Génie génétique.
bioengineering.
SCIENCE > Biotechnology.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Sowing technology
  • Golden genes and world hunger : let them eat transgenic rice?
  • Will biotech feed the world? The broader context
  • We label orange juice, why not genetically modified food?
  • Genes are not immune to context : examples from bacteria
  • The gene : a needed revolution
  • Reflections on the Human Genome Project
  • Me and my double helixes
  • Logic, DNA, and poetry
  • The cow : organism or bioreactor?
  • The forbidden question
  • What does it mean to be a sloth?
  • The language of nature
  • Delicate empiricism : practicing a Goethean approach to science.

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