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.