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Author : Watson Fuller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1985-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0844644153
Author : Corinne Jacker
Publisher : Parents Magazine Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1971-01-01
Category : Biology
ISBN : 0819305243
Discusses recent advances in the biological sciences, including organ transplants, bionics, cybernetics, life in space, and career opportunities in this field.
Author : Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky,Robert H. Haynes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1976-01-01
Category : Bioethics
ISBN : 0919604242
Author : Nathan Crowe
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780822987680
Long before scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland cloned Dolly the sheep in 1996, American embryologist and aspiring cancer researcher Robert Briggs successfully developed the technique of nuclear transplantation using frogs in 1952. Although the history of cloning is often associated with contemporary ethical controversies, Forgotten Clones revisits the influential work of scientists like Briggs, Thomas King, and Marie DiBerardino, before the possibility of human cloning and its ethical implications first registered as a concern in public consciousness, and when many thought the very idea of cloning was experimentally impossible. By focusing instead on new laboratory techniques and practices and their place in Anglo-American science and society in the mid-twentieth century, Nathan Crowe demonstrates how embryos constructed in the lab were only later reconstructed as ethical problems in the 1960s and 1970s with the emergence of what was then referred to as the Biological Revolution. His book illuminates the importance of the early history of cloning for the biosciences and their institutional, disciplinary, and intellectual contexts, as well as providing new insights into the changing cultural perceptions of the biological sciences after Second World War.
Author : Gerald Weissmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781468435696
Basic biological research is not in trouble, but support for this cultural product is perhaps more fragile than it should be. We have developed, in this country, in Europe, and in Japan a triumphant record of research accomplishment that has rev olutionized our vision of the cell, the body, and the environ ment. The genetic code has been unraveled, the means of neuromuscular transmission have been elucidated, we know the fine detail of the cell's small geography, and we can de scribe the genes of mouse and man in chemical terms. But it is less clearly perceived by laity and scientist how this new revo lution in biology has been of use in the service of a better medicine or environment. The aim of this series of essays, which grew out of a symposium at the First International Congress of Cell Biology, is to instruct us all in the use that has been made of our new knowledge. In the fields of cancer, behavior, reproduction, genetic engineering, and environmental monitoring, practical results of our new knowledge are already apparent and more are just at hand. But neither the general public nor scientists working in their own narrow disciplines necessarily ap preciate these developments. Perhaps it is all just too new, too "experimental," to permit anyone to gain a proper perspective on what we have done or have the potential of doing.
Author : Ronald Bailey
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781615921690
The 21st century will undoubtedly witness unprecedented advances in understanding the mechanisms of the human body and in developing biotechnology. With the mapping of the human genome, the pace of discovery is now on the fast track. By the middle of the century we can expect that the rapid progress in biology and biotechnology will utterly transform human life. What was once the stuff of science fiction may now be within reach in the not-too-distant future: 20-to-40-year leaps in average life spans, enhanced human bodies, drugs and therapies to boost memory and speed up mental processing, and a genetic science that allows parents to ensure that their children will have stronger immune systems, more athletic bodies, and cleverer brains. Even the prospect of human immortality beckons. Such scenarios excite many people and frighten or appall many others. Already biotechnology opponents are organizing political movements aimed at restricting scientific research, banning the development and commercialization of various products and technologies, and limiting citizens'' access to the fruits of the biotech revolution. In this forward-looking book Ronald Bailey, science writer for Reason magazine, argues that the coming biotechnology revolution, far from endangering human dignity, will liberate human beings to achieve their full potentials by enabling more of us to live flourishing lives free of disease, disability, and the threat of early death. Bailey covers the full range of the coming biotechnology breakthroughs, from stem-cell research to third-world farming, from brain-enhancing neuropharmaceuticals to designer babies. Against critics of these trends, who forecast the nightmare society of Huxley''s Brave New World, Bailey persuasively shows in lucid and well-argued prose that the health, safety, and ethical concerns raised by worried citizens and policymakers are misplaced. Liberation Biology makes a positive, optimistic, and convincing case that the biotechnology revolution will improve our lives and the future of our children, while preserving and enhancing the natural environment.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Biology
ISBN : OCLC:1289108381
Author : Nessa Carey
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780231530712
Epigenetics can potentially revolutionize our understanding of the structure and behavior of biological life on Earth. It explains why mapping an organism's genetic code is not enough to determine how it develops or acts and shows how nurture combines with nature to engineer biological diversity. Surveying the twenty-year history of the field while also highlighting its latest findings and innovations, this volume provides a readily understandable introduction to the foundations of epigenetics. Nessa Carey, a leading epigenetics researcher, connects the field's arguments to such diverse phenomena as how ants and queen bees control their colonies; why tortoiseshell cats are always female; why some plants need cold weather before they can flower; and how our bodies age and develop disease. Reaching beyond biology, epigenetics now informs work on drug addiction, the long-term effects of famine, and the physical and psychological consequences of childhood trauma. Carey concludes with a discussion of the future directions for this research and its ability to improve human health and well-being.
Author : Beverly D. Conley
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781465318183
Biological Revolution reviews biotech and other scientific developments, highlights moral, ethical and legal questions relating to both human and nonhuman rights issues, and suggests avenues for a practical response. Besides analysis and historical perspective, this documented work contains spiritual insight, i.e, the latter part of Chapter 2 through Chapter 5 includes Bible prophecy or scripture relevant to world events. There are 14 Chapters to this work, titled: Cutting the Cord to Earth and Heredity, The Heavens Bear Witness, Re-Creation, Roots and Rock, Following the Precedents, Value, Legacy of Violence, In This Day, Decisions, Life Patents, Reverence for Life, Born Free/Born Property, Exploitation, and Coming Together. Biological Revolution is written to a general national/international audience, including near-future human-tailored beings.
Author : Susan Hockfield
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780393634754
From the former president of MIT, the story of the next technology revolution, and how it will change our lives. A century ago, discoveries in physics came together with engineering to produce an array of astonishing new technologies: radios, telephones, televisions, aircraft, radar, nuclear power, computers, the Internet, and a host of still-evolving digital tools. These technologies so radically reshaped our world that we can no longer conceive of life without them. Today, the world’s population is projected to rise to well over 9.5 billion by 2050, and we are currently faced with the consequences of producing the energy that fuels, heats, and cools us. With temperatures and sea levels rising, and large portions of the globe plagued with drought, famine, and drug-resistant diseases, we need new technologies to tackle these problems. But we are on the cusp of a new convergence, argues world-renowned neuroscientist Susan Hockfield, with discoveries in biology coming together with engineering to produce another array of almost inconceivable technologies—next-generation products that have the potential to be every bit as paradigm shifting as the twentieth century’s digital wonders. The Age of Living Machines describes some of the most exciting new developments and the scientists and engineers who helped create them. Virus-built batteries. Protein-based water filters. Cancer-detecting nanoparticles. Mind-reading bionic limbs. Computer-engineered crops. Together they highlight the promise of the technology revolution of the twenty-first century to overcome some of the greatest humanitarian, medical, and environmental challenges of our time.
Author : Mary Kay Howard,Betty Barclay Franks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Bioethics
ISBN : 0810607093
Author : Watson Fuller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:258593890
Author : David M. Rorvik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Artificial insemination
ISBN : UOM:39015008366497
Author : Jean L. Marx
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1989-03-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0521327490
Heredity, genes and DNA. Synthesis without cells. Microorganisms as producers of feedstock chemicals. Gene cloning opens up a new frontier in health. The microbial production of biochemicals. Single-cell proteins. Bacterial leaching and biomining. Bacteria and the environment. Biological nitrogen fixation. Plant cell and tissue culture. Improving crop plants by the introduction of isolated genes. Monoclonal antibodies and their applications. Site-directed antibodies in biology and medicine. New methods for the diagnosis of genetic diseases. The prospect of gene therapy for human hereditary diseases. Biotechnology, international competition and regulatory strategies.
Author : R. Veatch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1123465499