Church, George M. (George McDonald)
Summary: A heady overview of the emerging discipline of synthetic biology and the wonders it can produce, from new drugs and vaccines to biofuels and resurrected wooly mammoths. In this authoritative, sometimes awe-inspiring book, geneticist Church and veteran science writer Regis team up to explore how scientists are now altering the nature of living organisms by modifying their genomes, or genetic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2012
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Summary: "A provocative and timely case for how the science of genetics can help create a more just and equal society. In recent years, scientists like Kathryn Paige Harden have shown that DNA makes us different, in our personalities and in our health-and in waysthat matter for educational and economic success in our current society. In The Genetic Lottery, Harden introduces readers to the latest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2021