Engineering genesis the ethics of genetic engineering in non-human species /
An analysis of the ethical and social implications of these innovations, offers perspectives and arguments enabling readers to form their own judgements on these questions.
| Other Authors: | Bruce, Donald, Dr., Bruce, Ann, 1959-, EBSCOhost. |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London :
Earthscan,
1999.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xiv, 337 pages) : illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- Explaining genetic engineering and its uses
- Case studies. Lighting up the soil: genetically modified soil bacteria / David Atkinson ; To boldly grow where no crop has grown before: genetically modifying plants for harsh environments / Michael Wilson ; A thousand and one uses for oilseed rape: novel oils from genetically modified oilseed / David Atkinson ; Vaccination made easy: proteins from plants, using genetically modified plant viruses / Michael Wilson ; The sting in the cabbage: genetically modified insect viruses as pesticides / Joyce Tait ; Genetically modified tomatoes: seeking firmer tomatoes with better flavour / Michael Wilson ; Bovine somatotrophin (BST): boosting milk yields with hormones produced in genetically modified bacteria / Peter Wilson ; Pharmceuticals from milk: producing pharmaceuticals in sheep milk / Ian Wilmut ; Xenotransplantation: organ transplants from genetically modified pigs / Ian Wilmut ; Modelling human diseases: genetically modified mice as models of human diseases / Donald Bruce ; Dolly mixture: cloning by nuclear transfer to improve genetic engineering in animals / Ian Wilmut and Donald Bruce
- Ethics under the microscope
- Genetic engineering and animal welfare
- Animal ethics and human benefit
- Transgenic food
- Letting out the genie: environmental risk and regulation
- Patenting life
- Genetic engineering and developing countries
- The social context of genetic engineering
- Final reflections.