Genetic engineering: a reference handbook

Overview of genetic engineering

Problems, controversies, and solutions

Worldwide perspective

Chronology of genetic engineering

Biographical sketches

Facts, data, and opinion

Directory of organizations, associations, and agencies

Selected print and nonprint resources.

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

1. Overview of genetic engineering

What is genetic engineering, and why is it important today?

The brief history of the genetic engineering revolution

Nuts and bolts of genetic engineering

The structure of DNA

The DNA code

Cloning technology

Polymerase chain reaction

Chip technologies

Information management and the rise of bioinformatics

Gene mapping

Pharmacogenomics

Bioinformatics

Genetically modified animals and plants

Nuclear transplantation

Stem cell regenerative therapy

Applications of genetic engineering

Biomanufacturing

Agriculture

Industry

Bioremediation

Medicine and health

Gene therapy

Pharmacogenomics

DNA and the law

Biological warfare and bioterrorism

Conclusion

References.

2. Problems, controversies, and solutions

Problems and controversy

Safety of genetic engineering

Genetic engineering and health

Genetic testing

Health privacy

Insurance and employment

Human cloning

Religious implications of genetic engineering

Embryonic stem cells

Impact of genetic engineering on health and privacy

Possibilities for action

Impact of genetically modified foods

Genetic engineering of food animals

Environmental safety

Agribusiness control of agriculture

Possibilities for action

Impact of bioremediation

Possibilities for action

Impact of genetic engineering on DNA and the law

Where is genetic engineering today?

Scientists and physicians

Industry

Universities

Ecological activists

Politicians

References.

3. Worldwide perspective

International impact of genetic engineering

Status of genetic engineering around the world

Impact on developing countries

Possible impact of genetic engineering

Recommendations for action

Biowarfare and bioterrorism

International mirror of controversies in the United States

Genetically modified foods

International regulation of genetic engineering

References

4. Chronology of genetic engineering

5. Biographical sketches

William French Anderson

Paul Berg

Herbert Wayne Boyer

Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty

John William Coleman

Francis Sellers Collins

Francis Harry Compton Crick

Rosalind Franklin

Albert Gore, Jr.

Leroy E. Hood

Edward Moore Kennedy

Michael Martin

Barbara McClintock

Louis Pasteur

Jeremy Rifkin

Marian Lucy Rivas

Maxine Frank Singer

Robert Swanson

James Alexander Thomson

J. Craig Venter

James Dewey Watson.

6. Facts, data, and opinion

Statistical data

Understanding and acceptance of genetic engineering

Genetic engineering as a business

The cycle of ideas

Medical applications

Agriculture and manufacturing

Bioremediation

Safety

Ethics

Bioterrorism

Genetic testing

Employment and insurance

DNA forensics

HUman cloning

Stem cells

Summary

References

7. Directory of organizations, associations, and agencies

8. Selected print and nonprint resources

Books

General

Ethics

International

Legal

Business

Agriculture

Environment

Science

Books on genetic engineering (young adult sources)

U.S. Government publications

Office of Technology Assessment Documents

Congressional reports

Other government agency reports

Nongovernment reports

Periodicals and newsletters

Directories

Selected nonprint resources

Videocassettes

Computer programs and other electronic resources

Databases

Internet sources on genetic engineering

Appendix : acronyms

Glossary

Index

About the author.