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Gene Future - The Promise and Perils of the New Biology (Paperback, Softcover Reprint Of The Original 1st Ed. 1993)
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Gene Future - The Promise and Perils of the New Biology (Paperback, Softcover Reprint Of The Original 1st Ed. 1993)
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We are poised at the doorway to a future which could surpass the
Industrial Revolution in its impact on the world. We are beginning
to scrutinize genes in order to read the very history of evolution,
and to alter plants and animals in ways undreamed of only a few
years ago. As the tools of science have become more sophisticated,
scientists have been able to delve deeply into the inner recesses
of cells. The fruit of their labor, the new biology, promises us an
unprecedented understanding of genes, offering an illuminating view
into the most intimate operations of living things from microbes to
humans - and with that, the potential to gain increasing control
over life itself. Our gene future will soon present us with a
cornucopia of products by drawing upon a variety of organisms -
plants, animals, and even human cells - that will influence the
lives and health of us all. As Thomas Lee, a biologist and author
of the acclaimed The Human Genome Project: Cracking the Genetic
Code of Life, so vividly shows, the new biology is already
beginning to make its mark on our lives. Every week newspapers
announce that scientists have found the gene for a disease such as
cystic fibrosis or a particular form of cancer, or have seized on a
gene therapy to try to combat it. The controversy over using DNA
fingerprinting as admissible evidence in court has sparked public
concern. The injecting of experimental genes into humans and
animals has triggered recent debates. Soon genetically engineered
tomatoes and other "transgenic" vegetables will be available on the
shelves of our local grocers. As Lee so wisely and eloquently
cautions, there may be perils along this pathway as well as
miraculous discoveries. Do dangers lurk in this new technological
approach to nature? May we unwittingly be doing irreparable harm to
individuals, not to mention the biosphere? This perceptive author
even-handedly assesses the controversies surrounding the perils
that may await us as molecular science m
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