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Author | : Jeremy Rifkin |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 1999-04-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0874779537 |
In this seminal book, Jeremy Rifkin explores the epic marriage between computer technology and genetic engineering, and the historic transition into the Age of Biotechnology. Already, Rifkin explains, our economy is undergoing a massive shift away from the Industrial Age and into an era in which giant life-science corporations are fashioning a bioindustrial world.Humanity is on the brink of wielding greater control over the shape of life--how we are born; how our food supply is created; the traits our children may have--than has ever been imagined. But with each step into this new era, we must ask ourselves: At what cost?
Author | : Rifkin |
Publisher | : Phoenix |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1999-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780575401891 |
Author | : Jon Paugh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Biotechnology industries |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jon Paugh |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 109 |
Release | : 1998-08 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 078817195X |
For more than a decade, there has been widespread & increasing concern that the ability of the U.S. to achieve sustained economic growth & long-term prosperity is adversely affected by declining industrial competitiveness. This report on the U.S. biotechnology industry examines the structure of the industry & the current & emerging markets for biotechnology products. It discusses the factors likely to be critical in determining the future competitiveness of the industry: technology infrastructure & Fed. res. initiatives, capital formation, the U.S. health care system, tax policies, the regulatory environment, foreign competitors, & trade issues.
Author | : Charles W. Colson |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2004-07-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780830827831 |
Editors Charles W. Colson and Nigel M. de S. Cameron, along with a panel of expert contributors address in twelve essays the watershed legal and ethical challenges before us in twenty-first century biotechnology: stem cell research, cloning, gene therapy, pharmacogenomics, cybernetics, abortion and more.
Author | : Arie Altman |
Publisher | : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 625 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0123814669 |
As the oldest and largest human intervention in nature, the science of agriculture is one of the most intensely studied practices. From manipulation of plant gene structure to the use of plants for bioenergy, biotechnology interventions in plant and agricultural science have been rapidly developing over the past ten years with immense forward leaps on an annual basis. This book begins by laying the foundations for plant biotechnology by outlining the biological aspects including gene structure and expression, and the basic procedures in plant biotechnology of genomics, metabolomics, transcriptomics and proteomics. It then focuses on a discussion of the impacts of biotechnology on plant breeding technologies and germplasm sustainability. The role of biotechnology in the improvement of agricultural traits, production of industrial products and pharmaceuticals as well as biomaterials and biomass provide a historical perspective and a look to the future. Sections addressing intellectual property rights and sociological and food safety issues round out the holistic discussion of this important topic. Includes specific emphasis on the inter-relationships between basic plant biotechnologies and applied agricultural applications, and the way they contribute to each other Provides an updated review of the major plant biotechnology procedures and techniques, their impact on novel agricultural development and crop plant improvement Takes a broad view of the topic with discussions of practices in many countries
Author | : DIANE Publishing Company |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780788127571 |
Identifies important areas for Federal investment, & specific research in agriculture, environmental biotechnology, manufacturing & bioprocessing, marine biotechnology & aquaculture, & infrastructure. Includes 13 Federal agency overviews: USAID, USDA, DoC, DoD, DoE, DHHS, DoI, DoJ, DoS, DVA, EPA, NASA, & NSF. Stresses the need to research the effects that biotechnology can have on society before going ahead with new advances. Discusses the impact of biotechnology in legal, societal, & economic issues. Glossary. Photos & charts.
Author | : Byron L. Sherwin |
Publisher | : Ivan R. Dee Publisher |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : |
In this book, Byron Sherwin briefly traces the fascinating history of the golem legend in Western culture, then shows how we can use it to navigate a safe journey--philosophically, theologically, ethically, and in public policy.
Author | : Donald L. Drakeman |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : Biotechnology industries |
ISBN | : 0195084004 |
"Beginning in the 1970s, several scientific breakthroughs promised to transform the creation of new medicines. As investors sought to capitalize on these Nobel Prize-winning discoveries, the biotech industry grew to thousands of small companies around the world. Each sought to emulate what the major pharmaceutical companies had been doing for a century or more, but without the advantages of scale, scope, experience, and massive resources. How could a large collection of small companies, most with fewer than 50 employees, compete in one of the world's most breathtakingly expensive and highly regulated industries? This book shows how biotech companies have met the challenge by creating nearly 40% more of the most important treatments for unmet medical needs. Moreover, they have done so with much lower overall costs. The book focuses on both the companies themselves and the broader biotech ecosystem that supports them. Its portrait of the crucial roles played by academic research, venture capital, contract research organizations, the capital markets, and pharmaceutical companies shows how a supportive environment enabled the entrepreneurial biotech industry to create novel medicines with unprecedented efficiency. In doing so, it also offers insights for any industry seeking to innovate in uncertain and ambiguous conditions. Looking to the future, it concludes that biomedical research will continue to be most effective in the hands of a large group of small companies as long as national healthcare policies allow the rest of the ecosystem to continue to thrive"--
Author | : National Science and Technology Council (U.S.). Biotechnology Research Subcommittee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Biotechnology |
ISBN | : |