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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777501103321

Autore

Lim Hwa A

Titolo

Genetically yours [[electronic resource] ] : bioinforming, biopharming, biofarming / / Hwa A. Lim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2002

ISBN

981-277-753-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350p. ) : illustrations, portraits

Disciplina

660.6

Soggetti

Genetic engineering

Biotechnology

Human genome

Cloning

Bioinformatics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Genome Project: Its Impacts and Implications; Post-Genomics Matters: Send Out a Thousand Ships, Not Catalogue a Thousand Genes; AgBiotechnology: Genetically Modified; Aqua Biotechnology; Clonology and Clonetechnology; Pet Cloning and BioFactory; Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research; Genomic and Proteomic Technologies and Beyond; Submicron Technology and Nanotechnology; Patentability in Biotechnology; Biological and Biology-Related Information as a Commodity and the Rise of Bioinformatics; Turbo-Charging Bioinformation for Drug Discovery; A New Kind of War: Biowarfare and Info Warfare; Two Decades of Biotechnology and a Decade of Bioinformatics.

Sommario/riassunto

This study covers key aspects in the field of biotechnology, with topics such as genome projects, animal and human cloning, and biowarfare. The author presents firsthand accounts from both the scientific and the business perspective. Each chapter is self-contained and there are footnotes.