The genomics age : how DNA technology is transforming the way we live and who we are / / Gina Smith
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Smith Gina
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| Titolo: |
The genomics age : how DNA technology is transforming the way we live and who we are / / Gina Smith
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, NY, : AMACOM--American Management Association, c2005 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 577/.16 |
| Soggetto topico: | Genetics |
| Genomics | |
| Genetics - Social aspects | |
| Genomics - Social aspects | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-224) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Before We Begin; 1 It's Who You Are; 2 How We Got Here; 3 Your Genome An Owner's Manual; 4 The DNA Files; 5 Facing Destiny; 6 The Fountain of Aging Well; 7 Closing in on Cancer; 8 Cloning and Stem Cells; 9 Gene Therapy; 10 DNA and Society; Glossary |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Science is on the verge of unlocking the mysteries of life. Will the knowledge mean the beginning of a new era, or the end of life as we know it? |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The genomics age |
| ISBN: | 0-8144-2838-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910828741403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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