Improving nature? : the science and ethics of genetic engineering / Michael J. Reiss and Roger Strau...
Improving nature? : the science and ethics of genetic engineering / Michael J. Reiss and Roger Strau...
Improving nature? : the science and ethics of genetic engineering / Michael J. Reiss and Roger Straughan.
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Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Date
1996.
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N174.9574/13
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English
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x, 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. The practicalities of genetic engineering -- 3. Moral and ethical concerns -- 4. Theological concerns -- 5. The genetic engineering of microorganisms -- 6. The genetic engineering of plants -- 7. The genetic engineering of animals -- 8. The genetic engineering of humans -- 9. P...
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Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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England
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1996.
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Little more than a decade ago, in the early 1980s, the term 'genetic engineering' was hardly known outside research laboratories. By now, though, its use is widespread. Those in favour of genetic engineering - and those against it - tell us that it has the potential to change our lives perhaps more than any other scientific or technological advance...
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Improving nature? : the science and ethics of genetic engineering / Michael J. Reiss and Roger Straughan.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-279 and index.
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N174.9574/13
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74VvwJB6mGGO
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0521637546 (pbk.)
9780521637541 (pbk)
0521637546 (pbk)
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9780521637541 (pbk.)
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174.9574
174.957
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991004259269702626
