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RECORD NUMBER: 14 OF 14Main Title | The Recombinant DNA debate / | ||||||||||||
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Author | Jackson, David Archer ; Stich, Stephen P. | ||||||||||||
Publisher | Prentice-Hall, | ||||||||||||
Year Published | 1979 | ||||||||||||
Report Number | 78026385 | ||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 04493533 | ||||||||||||
ISBN | 0137674422; 9780137674428 | ||||||||||||
Subjects | Recombinant DNA--Social aspects ; DNA, Recombinant ; Genetic Engineering ; Genetische manipulatie ; Sociale aspecten | ||||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Recombinant DNA--Social aspects | ||||||||||||
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Collation | xiv, 385 pages ; 24 cm | ||||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | The discussion of recombinant DNA at The University of Michigan / Alvin Zander -- Principles and applications of recombinant DNA methodology / David A. Jackson -- Recombinant DNA : areas of potential applications / A.M. Chakrabarty -- Biological containment : the construction of safer E. coli strains / Roy Curtis III -- Two lectures on recombinant DNA research / Robert L. Sinsheimer -- Biological, social, and political issues in genetic engineering / Science for the people -- The case against genetic engineering / George Wald -- Evolution, epidemiology, and recombinant DNA / Bernard D. Davis -- Real and imagined dangers of recombinant DNA technology : the need for expert evaluation / Rolf Freter -- DNA splicing : will fear rob us of its benefits? / Joshua Lederberg -- The recombinant DNA debate : some philosophical considerations / Stephen P. Stich -- When may research be stopped? / Carl Cohen -- Biocatastrophe and the law : legal aspects of recombinant DNA research / Roger B. Dworkin -- Why we avoid the key questions : how shifts in funding of scientific inquiry affect decision making about science / Max Heirich -- Who decides who decides : some dilemmas and other hopes / Donald N. Michael -- The press as guilty bystander / Charles R. Eisendrath -- On the dangers of inquiry and the burden of proof / Carl Cohen. |