Examines genetic engineering, explores the field of molecular biology, discusses DNA and its importance to genetic engineering, and looks at the field of biotechnology and how genetic engineering can be applied to such problems as producing vegetarian cheese or cleaning up the environment.
The field of biotechnology continues to grow as technology continues to become a large part of the medical and environmental field. Comments from people in the industry current statistics and forecasts and realistic descriptions provide a useful look at biotechnology fields including jobs in biochemistry epidemiology and microbiology and biofuels.
A hotly debated topic in America today. Issues such as decisions about genetic testing to screen for disease susceptibility and the implications for tests results; whether to permit cloning of human organs and the moral dilemma of "playing God"; and the advisability of raising genetically modified crops are discussed in coffee shops and classsrooms across the nation.
Introduces varying perspectives on issues concerning genetic engineering, including whether it should be permitted, its risks and benefits, the environmental impacts, and how it can be regulated.
Provides an introduction to biotechnology, and looks at the ways in which biotechnology and nanotechnology could change the world in the twenty-first century.
