Conversation on Biotechnology

"Written specifically for readers with little to no knowledge of the field, the articles within this collection cover everything from a basic overview of CRISPR technology and gene editing in GMOs to the ethical questions surrounding "designer babies" and other applications of biotechnology in humans"--

About the author

Marc Zimmer (WATERFORD, CT) is the Jean C. Tempel ’65 Professor of Chemistry at Connecticut College and the author of The State of Science: What the Future Holds and the Scientists Making It Happen, Glowing Genes: A Revolution in Biotechnology, Illuminating Diseases: An Introduction to Green Fluorescent Proteins, and four books for young adults. His writing has appeared in Newsweek, USA Today, and the Los Angeles Times.

Product details

• Authors: Marc Zimmer
• Assisted by: Marc Zimmer (Editor), Zimmer Marc (Editor)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2023
• EAN: 9781421446141
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-4614-1
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Critical Conversations
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Science: general issues, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business, SCIENCE / Biotechnology, MEDICAL / Biotechnology, biotechnology, Labour Economics, Political Economy, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences