Genetic Technology: A New Frontier

This book is one of the first comprehensive documents on emerging genetic technologies and their implications for society. The authors discuss the opportunities and problems involved, describe current techniques, and attempt to project some of the economic, environmental, and institutional impacts of those techniques.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Summary: Issues and Options, Chapter 2. Introduction, Part I: Biotechnology Part II: Agriculture Part III: Institutions and Society

About the author

The Office of Technology Assessment was created in 1972 as an advisory arm of the U.S. Congress. OTA's basic function is to help legislative policymakers anticipate and plan for the consequences of technological changes and to examine the many ways, expected and unexpected, in which technology affects people's lives. The assessment of technology calls for exploration of the physical, biological, economic, social, and political impacts that can result from applications of scientific knowledge. OTA provides Congress with independent and timely information about the potential effects- both beneficial and harmful- of technological applications.

Summary

This book is one of the first comprehensive documents on emerging genetic technologies and their implications for society. The authors discuss the opportunities and problems involved, describe current techniques, and attempt to project some of the economic, environmental, and institutional impacts of those techniques.

Product details

• Authors: Assessment Office Of Technology
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9780367168872
• ISBN: 978-0-367-16887-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, MEDICAL / Genetics, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Genetics (non-medical)