Genetic engineering
Dave Bond
- First edition.
- Broomall, PA Mason Crest 2017
- 60 pages cm.
- STEM: shaping the future 3 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to genetics - Biotechnology - Genetic engineering in Humans - Genetically modified food - Cloning - Business and Ethics in Genetic Engineering
Genetic engineering and related research is helping to shape the future. The technology has been used to discover cures for diseases, solve crimes and develop drought-resistent crops. But there are ethical issues to genetic modification such as health consequenses and genetically modifying or creating human and animal clones. This books examinies the science and explore some of the ethical questions.