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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... tests will be routine : a screening like a cholesterol test that will tell us whether we might one day contract a dread disease or die sooner , rather than later . They also might be used to tease out genes that affect behavior ...
... tested by deCode and to have my results announced publicly . I'm also not the first person to take tests for specific genetic diseases . More and more , tests are offered that identify genes linked to Alzheimer's disease , Huntington's ...
... tests fall under the rubric of " personalized medicine " -which offers not only tests for genetic predispositions to disease , but also the possibility of customized treatments . So drugs could be targeted to your specific malady and ...
... test new dis- coveries is one of the defining aspects of modern science and culture . Most scientists insist on a code of ethical conduct in keeping with cur- rent norms of human rights and dignity , keenly aware that despite science's ...
... tested and guidelines for containment of dan- gerous experiments could be formulated . This process led to thirty years of recombinant DNA experiments without a single accident . Berg's experiments won him the Nobel Prize , with Walter ...
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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 |