1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452174503321

Titolo

Biotechnology and the human good [[electronic resource] /] / C. Ben Mitchell ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-58901-276-3

1-4356-2738-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MitchellC. Ben

Disciplina

174/.96606

Soggetti

Biotechnology - Moral and ethical aspects

Medical ethics

Values

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910713490203321

Autore

Woods Paul F.

Titolo

Limnology of nine small lakes, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, and the survival and growth rates of rainbow trout / / by Paul F. Woods

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Anchorage, Alaska : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1985

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 32 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Water-resources investigations report ; ; 85-4292

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"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."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-32).