Genetic Engineering (Hot Topics)

COVER......Page 1
COPYRIGHT......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 4
FOREWORD......Page 5
Unanswered Questions......Page 7
New Name for an Old Science......Page 9
1. PHARMING: THE DISEASE OR THE CURE?......Page 12
After Dolly Came Polly......Page 13
Chickens That Lay Golden Eggs......Page 15
Causing Diseases with Genetic Engineering......Page 16
Pigs That Glow......Page 18
Cures on the Cob......Page 20
Rice: Take One Teaspoon and Call Me in the Morning......Page 21
Keeping the Gene(ie) on the Pharm......Page 24
Who Decides?......Page 27
2. GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS: WHOSE APPETITE DO THEY SATISFY?......Page 29
Something Is Fishy About That Tomato......Page 31
Irreconcilable Differences......Page 32
The Next Generation......Page 33
Supersize Fish in the Gene Pool......Page 34
Medium-Rare and Grown in a Vat......Page 36
Chicken Things......Page 37
By-Product: The Organic Food Movement......Page 39
Some Obstacles to Overcome......Page 40
Butterflies, Frogs, Fish, and Caddis Flies......Page 41
Can the Price of Resistance Get Too High?......Page 43
The Tangled Web......Page 44
Itsy Bits of Spider......Page 47
Mary’s Little Lamb’s Thick Fleece......Page 51
Genetic Engineering Backlash: Organic Fiber......Page 52
Patagonia Takes a Side......Page 53
Biodegradable Plastic for Any Occasion......Page 54
Body-Odor Eaters......Page 55
Using Genetics to Fill the Gas Tank......Page 56
Biofuel Critics......Page 57
Designer Babies: The New Fashion Trend......Page 62
Breeding Better Babies: Good Idea or Not?......Page 64
Fixing What Is Genetically Broken......Page 66
Running Faster, Throwing Farther......Page 68
Happily Ever After Forever......Page 71
Engineering Genetic Monsters......Page 72
If It Looks Like a Pig, Does That Make It a Pig?......Page 74
Baby Chimeras and Mouse Mommies......Page 75
5. EXTREME GENETIC ENGINEERING: THE FUTURE......Page 78
Genes Made to Order......Page 80
Genes to Go: Cheap and Easy......Page 82
It May Be Convenient, but Is It Safe?......Page 83
Who Needs DNA Anyway?......Page 86
Biohacking: A New Hobby for Do-It-Yourselfers......Page 88
Evolution on Overdrive......Page 90
NOTES......Page 93
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 98
ORGANIZATIONS TO CONTACT......Page 100
FOR MORE INFORMATION......Page 103
INDEX......Page 107
PICTURE CREDITS......Page 112
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 113
BACK COVER......Page 114