Genetic Engineering: Dreams and Nightmares

by Enzo Russo and David Cove

Book Overview

What is genetic engineering? How is it carried out and what can it do? What is cancer and can genetic engineering provide a cure? Why is AIDS so difficult to cure? Which diseases are determined genetically, and how are they passed on from parents to their children? Is intelligence genetically determined? Can gene therapy cure all our genetic diseases? Can genetic engineering solve the problem of world famine? Are genetically-engineered organisms a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192629255
• ISBN13: 9780192629258
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"