The new alchemists: the risks of genetic modification

2012; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 50; Issue: 02 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.50-0863

ISSN

1943-5975

Autores

Mariano Bizzarri,

Tópico(s)

Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research

Resumo

Contents 1. Once upon a time, there were strawberries Tomatoes No Longer Go Bad Hungry for Business 2 The apprentice sorcerer's laboratory The Pages of the Book of Life The Central Dogma of Biology One Gene, One Enzyme Insertion of the Transgene Fibonacci's Series 3 The ultragene invasion The Devil Makes the Saucepans but Not the Lids (Italian Proverb) Producing More Resistance to Herbicides Gene Transfer Uncle Scrooge's Sweater Can Microbes Change Climate?Bizarre Bacteria Arrived 20 Million Acres of Bt-Maize Too Late Insect-Resistant Plants The Incredible Story of Bt-Toxins Rabbits in Australia A Little Ecology The Unique Wealth of Biodiversity 4 The chimera factory A Modern Bestiary A Cat Called Birillo Turn Off the TV and Stop Reading the Newspapers Milk with Hormones Not Only Cows Are Mad Animals Fed with GMOs Animals Are No Longer Human 5 365 new diseases We Have No More Antibiotics Gene Transfer Soy Tasting of Coconut Urticaria and Other Pleasures Poisonous Potatoes Genomic Instability and Pleiotropic Effects The Unpredictable Is Always Unexpected Other Confirmations 6 Science fiction Old and New Viruses Threats What to Do? Risks, rules and precautions Forgotten Risks Be as Wise as Serpents and as Simple as Doves Scientific and Metascientific Criteria: The Nature of Risk Soylent Green Absence of Proof Is Not Proof of Absence The Unpredictability of Risk Who Controls Who? Equivalent for Whom? 8 Bread for man? The Ideas of Science The Presumption of the New Religion The Objections: World Hunger Is There Any Bargain in This? Second Objection: Regulation and Control Much Rice for Little Vitamin A Do Not Open that Door Shall We Conclude? Bionic Man

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