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UNINA9910452174503321 |
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Biotechnology and the human good [[electronic resource] /] / C. Ben Mitchell ... [et al.] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2006 |
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1-58901-276-3 |
1-4356-2738-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Biotechnology - Moral and ethical aspects |
Medical ethics |
Values |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The rapidly changing world of biotechnology -- Humanity and the technological narrative -- Biotechnology and competing worldviews -- Biotechnology and human dignity -- Biotechnology and the quest for control -- Biotechnology, human enhancement, and the ends of medicine. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Some of humankind's greatest tools have been forged in the research laboratory. Who could argue that medical advances like antibiotics, blood transfusions, and pacemakers have not improved the quality of people's lives? But with each new technological breakthrough there comes an array of consequences, at once predicted and unpredictable, beneficial and hazardous. Outcry over recent developments in the reproductive and genetic sciences has revealed deep fissures in society's perception of biotechnical progress. Many are concerned that reckless technological development, driven by consumerist im |
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UNINA9910713490203321 |
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Autore |
Woods Paul F. |
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Limnology of nine small lakes, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, and the survival and growth rates of rainbow trout / / by Paul F. Woods |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Anchorage, Alaska : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1985 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (iv, 32 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Collana |
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Water-resources investigations report ; ; 85-4292 |
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Soggetti |
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Limnology - Alaska - Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
Lake ecology - Alaska - Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
Rainbow trout - Alaska - Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
Lake ecology |
Limnology |
Rainbow trout |
Matanuska-Susitna Borough (Alaska) |
Alaska |
Alaska Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Prepared in cooperation with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Sport Fish Division." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-32). |
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