ABSTRACT

Genetic Engineering: A Primer presents the growing field of biotechnology to non-science majors and other general interest readers. The author examines the natural forces that change genetic information and the ways in which scientists have learned to engineer these genetic changes. With a wealth of information flooding the popular press, including

part |55 pages

I Building Blocks Of Living Things

chapter |16 pages

Matter and Living Things

chapter |15 pages

Proteins

chapter |22 pages

Nucleic Acids

part |79 pages

How Living Things are Changed

chapter |22 pages

Making and Altering Proteins

chapter |21 pages

Altering Genetic Material in Bacteria

chapter |21 pages

Genetically Engineering Bacteria

chapter |12 pages

Viruses

part |48 pages

Making Genetic Changes in Plants and Animals

chapter |19 pages

Placing New Genes in Mammalian Cells

chapter |15 pages

Genetic Engineering of Plants

chapter |12 pages

Embryo Transfers and Cloning of Animals

part |46 pages

How Genetic Engineering Helps Us

chapter |16 pages

Gene Therapy and Disease

chapter |16 pages

Other Applications For Gene Therapy

chapter |12 pages

Biotechnology, Safety, and The Future