B I O evolution : how biotechnology is changing our world

B I O evolution : how biotechnology is changing our world / Michael Fumento.

Author/creator	Fumento, Michael
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	San Francisco : Encounter Books, ©2003.
Description	ix, 510 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Biotechnology--Popular works. Genetic engineering--Popular works.

Variant title	BioEvolution
Variant title	BIO evolution
Contents	Introduction -- pt. 1. Miracles in Medicine -- 1. The new biotech paradigm -- 2. Vanquishing vaccines -- 3. Miniature pharmaceutical factories and medicinal milk -- 4. "Plantibodies" -- 5. The book of angiogenesis -- 6. Medicinal matchmaking -- 7. Ingenious gene therapy -- 8. The genomic generation -- 9. Gene testing -- 10. "Baby by Versace"? -- 11. Will biotech break the bank? -- pt. 2. The fountain of youth -- 1. Turning back the clock -- 2. Starfish for a day -- 3. Stupendous stem cells -- 4. Xenotransplantation -- pt. 3. More (and better) food for a growing population 1. The defeat of hunger --
Contents	2. Safe biopesticides -- 3. Survival of the transgenic -- 4. Foods that taste too good to be healthy -- 5. Developing the underdeveloped nations -- 6. Frankenfoods? -- pt. 4. Biotech brooms : letting nature clean up man's messes -- 1. Tackling toxic waste -- 2. Phytoremediation and mighty microbes -- Conclusion : A biotech future -- Acknowledgments -- appendix. Biotech companies mentioned -- Notes -- Index.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-485) and index.
LCCN	2003049372
ISBN	1893554759 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	TP248.215 .F86 2003	✔ Available	Place Hold