B I O evolution : how biotechnology is changing our world

Author/Creator:

Fumento, Michael

Publication/Creation:

San Francisco : Encounter Books, [2003]

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

B I O evolution : how biotechnology is changing our world / Michael Fumento

Related/Included Titles:

Introduction --
Miracles in Medicine --
The new biotech paradigm --
Vanquishing vaccines --
Miniature pharmaceutical factories and medicinal milk --
"Plantibodies" --
The book of angiogenesis --
Medicinal matchmaking --
Ingenious gene therapy --
The genomic generation --
Gene testing --
"Baby by Versace"? --
Will biotech break the bank? --
The fountain of youth --
Turning back the clock --
Starfish for a day --
Stupendous stem cells --
Xenotransplantation --
More (and better) food for a growing population
The defeat of hunger.
Safe biopesticides --
Survival of the transgenic --
Foods that taste too good to be healthy --
Developing the underdeveloped nations --
Frankenfoods? --
Biotech brooms : letting nature clean up man's messes --
Tackling toxic waste --
Phytoremediation and mighty microbes --
A biotech future --
Acknowledgments --
Biotech companies mentioned --
Notes --
Index.

Variant Titles:

BioEvolution
BIO evolution

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Popular Works

Subjects:

Biotechnology--Popular works
Biotechnology
Genetic Engineering

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Introduction -- pt. 1. Miracles in Medicine -- 1. The new biotech paradigm -- 2. Vanquishing vaccines -- 3. Miniature pharmaceutical factories and medicinal milk -- 4. "Plantibodies" -- 5. The book of angiogenesis -- 6. Medicinal matchmaking -- 7. Ingenious gene therapy -- 8. The genomic generation -- 9. Gene testing -- 10. "Baby by Versace"? -- 11. Will biotech break the bank? -- pt. 2. The fountain of youth -- 1. Turning back the clock -- 2. Starfish for a day -- 3. Stupendous stem cells -- 4. Xenotransplantation -- pt. 3. More (and better) food for a growing population 1. The defeat of hunger.
2. Safe biopesticides -- 3. Survival of the transgenic -- 4. Foods that taste too good to be healthy -- 5. Developing the underdeveloped nations -- 6. Frankenfoods? -- pt. 4. Biotech brooms : letting nature clean up man's messes -- 1. Tackling toxic waste -- 2. Phytoremediation and mighty microbes -- Conclusion : A biotech future -- Acknowledgments -- appendix. Biotech companies mentioned -- Notes -- Index.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

ix, 510 pages ; 23 cm

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Catalog ID (MMSID):

990029851940302486

ISBN:

9781893554757 (alk. paper)
9781594030574 (pbk.)
1893554759 (alk. paper)
159403057X (pbk.)

OCLC Number:

52231543

Barcode:

050000076713