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Genetic engineering -- History.
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Genetic engineering -- History.
MARC Display
Genetic engineering / Mikko Canini, book editor.
Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale, c2006.
Call #:
660.6509 G328
Subjects
Genetic engineering --
History
.
Series
History
of
issues
ISBN:
0737719079 (lib : alk. paper)
Description:
240 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-230) and index.
Contents:
ch. 1. Engineered plants -- 1. The unknown dangers of genetically modified crops / Jeremy Rifkin -- 2. Regulation can ensure the safety of genetically modified food / Dan Glickman -- 3. Genetically modified foods should be labeled / Philip L. Bereano -- 4. Genetically modified foods should not be labeled / Henry I. Miller -- 5. Problems with patenting genes : the case of Monsanto v. Schmeiser / Terry J. Zakreski -- ch. 2. Engineered animals -- 1. Milk from genetically engineered cows is harmful / Greta Gaard -- 2. The commodification of animals / Andrew Kimbrell -- 3. Dolly ushers in the age of cloning / J. Madeleine Nash -- 4. Patenting animal genes is beneficial / U.S. Patent and Trademark Office -- 5. The coming of transgenic farm animals / Shelley Smithson -- ch. 3. Engineered humans -- 1. The patenting of human genes restricts research / Arthur Allen -- 2. A gene therapy trial fails : the death of Jesse Gelsinger / Sheryl Gay Stolberg -- 3. Remarks by the president on limiting stem cell research / George W. Bush -- 4. Stem cell research should continue / Gerald D. Fischbach, Ruth L. Fischbach -- 5. The mapping of the human genome is completed / Francis S. Collins -- 6. Designer babies are on the way / Shannon Brownlee -- ch. 4. Cloning -- 1. Cloning and the future of human evolution / Joshua Lederberg -- 2. Claims that the first human has been cloned / David M. Rorvik -- 3. Human reproductive cloning should be banned / Leon R. Kass -- 4. Therapeutic cloning should be banned / Richard M. Doerflinger -- 5. Therapeutic cloning should not be banned / Arthur L. Caplan -- Chronology.
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Canini, Mikko.
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