Masterminds: Genius, DNA, and the Quest to Rewrite LifeHarper Collins, 6 okt. 2009 - 273 sidor James Watson, J. Craig Venter, Francis Collins, Cynthia Kenyon . . . you may not know them, but you should. They are the masterminds of genetics and biotechnology who want you to live to be 150 years old, to regenerate your heart and brain, to create synthetic life. For better or worse, they are about to alter life on earth forever. Award-winning journalist David Ewing Duncan tells the remarkable stories of cutting-edge bioscientists, revealing their quirky, uniquely fascinating, sometimes vaguely unsettling personas as a means to understand their science and the astonishing implications of their work. This book seamlessly combines myth, biography, scholarship, and wit that poses the all-important question: Can we actually trust these masterminds? |
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... organisms for more nefarious purposes such as bioterrorism . Or one of these critters might be released into the ecosystem for a useful purpose , only to mutate or evolve into something deadly . As a nonsci- entist enthusiastic about ...
... organisms , ribonucleic acid . ( RNA ) , transgenic animals , and therapeutic cloning and the ins and outs of start - ups , initial public offerings ( IPOs ) , and roiling markets . We mention characters like Kari Stefansson ...
... organism to produce the proteins of another lead to freakish disasters ? Berg took this question to a famous conference in 1975 at Asilo- mar , near Monterey , California , where he and others persuaded their fellow geneticists to cease ...
... organism . Are your eyes already glazing ? Well , think of this as learning to drink wine , which most people don't like at first but keep trying until it becomes quite a nice sensation . Scientific concepts will not be quite so sweet ...
... organisms . In most of the living crea- tures you see ( such as ourselves , mice , goats , fish , plants , starfish ) , these chromosomes contain two complete sets of the genome , one each from the organism's parents - except sperm and ...
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Eve Cynthia Kenyon | 57 |
Paul | 85 |
Faustus | 121 |
Zeus James Watson | 155 |
Puck Sydney Brenner | 179 |
Moses | 201 |
What If Frankensteins Monster Had Einsteins Brain? | 231 |
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Masterminds: Genius, DNA, and the Quest to Rewrite Life David Ewing Duncan Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 2006 |
Masterminds: Genius, DNA, and the Quest to Rewrite Life David Ewing Duncan Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2009 |
Masterminds: Genius, DNA, and the Quest to Rewrite Life David Ewing Duncan Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2006 |