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DNA and Your Body: What You Need to Know About Biotechnology
Colin Masters
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Description for DNA and Your Body: What You Need to Know About Biotechnology
Paperback. Addresses the flood of DNA-related information that has flowed from the recent revolution in biotechnology: information that is transforming the food we eat; the way medicine is practised, and even changing the ways in which crimes are solved. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK1; TCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 135. Weight in Grams: 220.
Most people know very little about DNA, the molecule that programs our human potential. This book explains what DNA is and then identifies its central role in so many everyday human experiences, including growth and development, ageing, individuality and degenerative diseases. All discussion is in the context of the human body. The book then addresses the flood of new DNA-related information that has flowed from the recent revolution in biotechnology: information that is transforming the food we eat; the way medicine is practised, and even changing the ways in which crimes are solved. To be informed on all these topics ... Read more
Most people know very little about DNA, the molecule that programs our human potential. This book explains what DNA is and then identifies its central role in so many everyday human experiences, including growth and development, ageing, individuality and degenerative diseases. All discussion is in the context of the human body. The book then addresses the flood of new DNA-related information that has flowed from the recent revolution in biotechnology: information that is transforming the food we eat; the way medicine is practised, and even changing the ways in which crimes are solved. To be informed on all these topics ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Sydney, Australia
ISBN
9780868409849
SKU
V9780868409849
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Colin Masters
Colin Masters is a leading Australian neuroscientist. He was Professor of Pathology at the University of Melbourne, as well as Chief of Neuropathology and Director of Research Laboratories at the Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria and Consultant in Pathology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. In 2001 he was Deputy Chair of the Special Expert Committee looking at the transmission ... Read more
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