Genetic engineering /
Mikko Canini, book editor.
- Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale, c2006.
- 240 p. ; 23 cm.
- The history of issues .
Foreword. - Introduction. - Ch. 1. Engineered plants. 1. The unknown dangers of genetically modified crops / Jeremy Rifkin. 2. Regulation can ensure the safety of genetically modified food / Dan Glickman. 3. Genetically modified foods should be labeled / Philip L. Bereano. 4. Genetically modified foods should not be labeled / Henry I. Miller. 5. Problems with patenting genes : the case of Monsanto v. Schmeiser / Terry J. Zakreski. - Ch. 2. Engineered animals. 1. Milk from genetically engineered cows is harmful / Greta Gaard. 2. The commodification of animals / Andrew Kimbrell. 3. Dolly ushers in the age of cloning / J. Madeleine Nash. 4. Patenting animal genes is beneficial / U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. 5. The coming of transgenic farm animals / Shelley Smithson. - Ch. 3. Engineered humans. 1. The patenting of human genes restricts research / Arthur Allen. 2. A gene therapy trial fails : the death of Jesse Gelsinger / Sheryl Gay Stolberg. 3. Remarks by the president on limiting stem cell research / George W. Bush. 4. Stem cell research should continue / Gerald D. Fischbach, Ruth L. Fischbach. 5. The mapping of the human genome is completed / Francis S. Collins. 6. Designer babies are on the way / Shannon Brownlee. - Ch. 4. Cloning. 1. Cloning and the future of human evolution / Joshua Lederberg. 2. Claims that the first human has been cloned / David M. Rorvik. 3. Human reproductive cloning should be banned / Leon R. Kass. 4. Therapeutic cloning should be banned / Richard M. Doerflinger. 5. Therapeutic cloning should not be banned / Arthur L. Caplan. - Chronology. - Organizations to contact. - For further research. - Index.
0737719079 (hbk.)
Genetic engineering--History.
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Foreword. - Introduction. - Ch. 1. Engineered plants. 1. The unknown dangers of genetically modified crops / Jeremy Rifkin. 2. Regulation can ensure the safety of genetically modified food / Dan Glickman. 3. Genetically modified foods should be labeled / Philip L. Bereano. 4. Genetically modified foods should not be labeled / Henry I. Miller. 5. Problems with patenting genes : the case of Monsanto v. Schmeiser / Terry J. Zakreski. - Ch. 2. Engineered animals. 1. Milk from genetically engineered cows is harmful / Greta Gaard. 2. The commodification of animals / Andrew Kimbrell. 3. Dolly ushers in the age of cloning / J. Madeleine Nash. 4. Patenting animal genes is beneficial / U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. 5. The coming of transgenic farm animals / Shelley Smithson. - Ch. 3. Engineered humans. 1. The patenting of human genes restricts research / Arthur Allen. 2. A gene therapy trial fails : the death of Jesse Gelsinger / Sheryl Gay Stolberg. 3. Remarks by the president on limiting stem cell research / George W. Bush. 4. Stem cell research should continue / Gerald D. Fischbach, Ruth L. Fischbach. 5. The mapping of the human genome is completed / Francis S. Collins. 6. Designer babies are on the way / Shannon Brownlee. - Ch. 4. Cloning. 1. Cloning and the future of human evolution / Joshua Lederberg. 2. Claims that the first human has been cloned / David M. Rorvik. 3. Human reproductive cloning should be banned / Leon R. Kass. 4. Therapeutic cloning should be banned / Richard M. Doerflinger. 5. Therapeutic cloning should not be banned / Arthur L. Caplan. - Chronology. - Organizations to contact. - For further research. - Index.
0737719079 (hbk.)
Genetic engineering--History.
660.65 / GEN