The Geneticist Who Played Hoops With My Dna

Author : David Ewing Duncan
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060537388
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Geneticist Who Played Hoops with My DNA written by David Ewing Duncan and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2005-05-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the future of human existence is literally being forged by today's genetic scientists and biotechnology leaders, the media, policymakers, ethicists, and fellow scientists alike have not been adequately communicating this tremendous potential. With the public only vaguely aware of what is happening, a new coterie of geniuses, tinkerers, tycoons, and genetic soothsayers are--for better or worse--about to alter life on earth forever. Now journalist David Ewing Duncan has written a narrative about science and personality, delving into stem cell research, cloning, bioengineering, extending life span, and genetics by telling the stories of the characters at the fulcrum of the science. Calling to mind age-old stories and myths--Prometheus, Faustus, Eve, and Frankenstein--Duncan asks the question: Can we trust these scientists?--From publisher description.

Author : David Ewing Duncan
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007161832
Total Pages : 77 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Geneticist Who Played Hoops with My DNA written by David Ewing Duncan and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2005 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining myth, biography, and wit, this is a highly original depiction of cutting-edge science and its profound implications told through the scientists who are rewriting life on earth.

Author : David Ewing Duncan
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061983470
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Masterminds written by David Ewing Duncan and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Watson, J. Craig Venter, Francis Collins, Cynthia Kenyon . . . you may not know them, but you should. They are the masterminds of genetics and biotechnology who want you to live to be 150 years old, to regenerate your heart and brain, to create synthetic life. For better or worse, they are about to alter life on earth forever. Award-winning journalist David Ewing Duncan tells the remarkable stories of cutting-edge bioscientists, revealing their quirky, uniquely fascinating, sometimes vaguely unsettling personas as a means to understand their science and the astonishing implications of their work. This book seamlessly combines myth, biography, scholarship, and wit that poses the all-important question: Can we actually trust these masterminds?

Author : Tina Kafka
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1420502522
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cloning written by Tina Kafka and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2007-12-14 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In nature clones occur naturally in plants, but not in animals. According to the National Human Genome Research Institute, animals must be scientifically manipulated through different processes to create an identical copy of the genetic material, known as cloning. This thought-provoking volume explores the history of cloning, the ethical issues it raises, where research may lead it in the future, and cloning's role in curing diseases, creating custom organs, improving food, and saving animals.

Author : Kathy Wilson Peacock
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438130600
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering written by Kathy Wilson Peacock and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains why biotechnology is a relevant and volatile issues. Begins with a history of biotechnology and its effect on agriculture, medicine, and the environment. Equal space is devoted to discussing the efforts of human-rights advocates, animal-rights advocates, and environmentalists to create definitive governmental regulations for this budding industry.

Author : Nicolas Rasmussen
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421413418
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gene Jockeys written by Nicolas Rasmussen and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scientific scramble to discover the first generation of drugs created through genetic engineering. The biotech arena emerged in the 1970s and 1980s, when molecular biology, one of the fastest-moving areas of basic science in the twentieth century, met the business world. Gene Jockeys is a detailed study of the biotech projects that led to five of the first ten recombinant DNA drugs to be approved for medical use in the United States: human insulin, human growth hormone, alpha interferon, erythropoietin, and tissue plasminogen activator. Drawing on corporate documents obtained from patent litigation, as well as interviews with the ambitious biologists who called themselves gene jockeys, historian Nicolas Rasmussen chronicles the remarkable, and often secretive, work of the scientists who built a new domain between academia and the drug industry in the pursuit of intellectual rewards and big payouts. In contrast to some who critique the rise of biotechnology, Rasmussen contends that biotech was not a swindle, even if the public did pay a very high price for the development of what began as public scientific resources. Within the biotech enterprise, the work of corporate scientists went well beyond what biologists had already accomplished within universities, and it accelerated the medical use of the new drugs by several years. In his technically detailed and readable narrative, Rasmussen focuses on the visible and often heavy hands that construct and maintain the markets in public goods like science. He looks closely at how science follows money, and vice versa, as researchers respond to the pressures and potential rewards of commercially viable innovations. In biotechnology, many of those engaged in crafting markets for genetically engineered drugs were biologists themselves who were in fact trying to do science. This book captures that heady, fleeting moment when a biologist could expect to do great science through the private sector and be rewarded with both wealth and scientific acclaim.

Author : Victor K. McElheny
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458760103
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drawing the Map of Life written by Victor K. McElheny and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing the Map of Life is the dramatic story of the Human Genome Project from its origins, through the race to order the 3 billion subunits of DNA, to the surprises emerging as scientists seek to exploit the molecule of heredity. It's the first account to deal in depth with the intellectual roots of the project, the motivations that drove it, and the hype that often masked genuine triumphs. Distinguished science journalist Victor McElheny offers vivid, insightful profiles of key people, such as David Botstein, Eric Lander, Francis Collins, James Watson, Michael Hunkapiller, and Craig Venter. McElheny also shows that the Human Genome Project is a striking example of how new techniques (such as restriction enzymes and sequencing methods) often arrive first, shaping the questions scientists then ask. Drawing on years of original interviews and reporting in the inner circles of biological science, Drawing the Map of Life is the definitive, up-to-date story of today's greatest scientific quest. No one who wishes to understand genome mapping and how it is transforming our lives can afford to miss this book.

Author : J. Craig Venter
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101202564
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Life Decoded written by J. Craig Venter and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-10-18 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The triumphant memoir of the man behind one of the greatest feats in scientific history Of all the scientific achievements of the past century, perhaps none can match the deciphering of the human genetic code, both for its technical brilliance and for its implications for our future. In A Life Decoded, J. Craig Venter traces his rise from an uninspired student to one of the most fascinating and controversial figures in science today. Here, Venter relates the unparalleled drama of the quest to decode the human genome?a goal he predicted he could achieve years earlier and more cheaply than the government-sponsored Human Genome Project, and one that he fulfilled in 2001. A thrilling story of detection, A Life Decoded is also a revealing, and often troubling, look at how science is practiced today.

Author : Susan Greenfield
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1848943660
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ID written by Susan Greenfield and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2009-08-06 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you’ve ever wondered what effect video games have on your children’s minds or worried about how much private information the government and big companies know about you, ID is essential reading. Professor Susan Greenfield argues persuasively that our individuality is under the microscope as never before; now more then ever we urgently need to look at what we want for ourselves as individuals and for our future society. ID is an exploration of what it means to be human in a world of rapid change, a passionately argued wake-up call and an inspiring challenge to embrace creativity and forge our own identities.

Author : Patrick Kenji Takahashi
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 146783517X
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Simple Solutions for Humanity written by Patrick Kenji Takahashi and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-02-29 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 1, SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Planet Earth, dealt with energy and the environment. SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Humanity provides ultimate answers for our society and beyond. Ever wonder if there could ever be a way to end crime and war forever, or the prospects for immortality, or a better educational system, or the reality of extraterrestrial intelligence, or the future of religion? If all the above can be satisfactorily resolved, then, just in case there is no afterlife, where is the best place to live on Earth today? Simple solutions, of course, are hardly that. How to end crime? What about three strikes and you're dead! Sure this should work, but it's not morally rational. The solution to war is incredibly simple. Just read the book and find out how. Scientists are getting very close to determining a way to disarm our aging gene. When will this happen? Our educational system is flawed. Be prepared to be shocked by the Stanford Marshmallow Study. Then find out that our terrible student scores relative to the developed world might not be worth all the anguish. The USA will prevail because of our superiority in.... Could the solution for world peace or curing cancer be streaming in from space? The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence could someday soon detect what would be the most monumental discovery since the invention of God. How can religion overcome the immorality of purporting to promise an afterlife WITHOUT ANY PROOF? A Golden Evolution is suggested. Are you one of those who largely wasted your life looking out only for yourself, family and friends? Could there be a higher calling? You, too, can make a positive difference. Rainbow Vision is explained to equip you with the tools to help save Planet Earth and Humanity.