The Genomics Age: How DNA Technology is Transforming the Way We Live and who We areAMACOM--American Management Association, 2005 - 262 páginas What happens when universal truth comes face-to-face with inexorable progress? Since the advent of life, every creature has been beholden to its genetic blueprint; drawn at conception, it is Article I of an immutable compact with the laws of nature. But mankind has never fully bought into that covenant, and human history is woven out of our perpetual attempts to renegotiate. The latest manifestations of this timeless quest are major developments in DNA science and technology. These quantum leaps have positioned mankind before an almost inconceivable array of opportunities-and with them a daunt. |
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Before We Begin | 1 |
Its Who You | 13 |
How We Got Here | 27 |
Your GenomeAn Owners Manual | 55 |
The DNA Files | 69 |
Facing Destiny | 87 |
The Fountain of Aging Well | 113 |
Closing in on Cancer | 133 |
Cloning and Stem Cells | 157 |
Gene Therapy | 173 |
DNA and Society | 193 |
Notes | 211 |
Glossary | 225 |
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