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Book Synopsis Genascent: The Human Genome Project in Plain Words by : CJ Canna
Download or read book Genascent: The Human Genome Project in Plain Words written by CJ Canna and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the general public it is what they might want to know before using or investing in the science; journal articles in common language, ethical/legal questions, funny stories that tell something about the science or the research environment. The author has written a trilogy of movie scripts named “Genascent: Footprints in Time” which covers Gregor Mendel through 1993; “Genascent II: the Living Code” the start-up through the completion of sequencing; and “Genascent III: So It Is Written” Genome’s impact in fighting disease.
Book Synopsis The Book of Man by : Walter Fred Bodmer
Download or read book The Book of Man written by Walter Fred Bodmer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Watson, a discoverer of the structure of DNA, described it as "the most golden of molecules," the true chemical for life. Indeed, it is the essential component from which our genes are made. In it is encoded the genetic language that controls our destinies. Astonishingly powerful, just six millionths of a gram of DNA carries as much information as ten volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary. The "Book of Man," is the term used by Walter Bodmer and Robin McKie for the DNA that is the instruction set according to which all humans are made. At conception, a single cell--the fertilized egg--is produced, and it is this one cell that has the potential to form a new and unique individual under the guidance of the DNA within its nucleus. The human body is made up of a hundred million million cells of many different sorts, and all contain the inherited information that comes from that first, single cell created at fertilization. Bodmer and McKie assert that when we learn how to read DNA's pages and chapters we will obtain the information relevant to the understanding of most diseases, individual differences in behavior, and a new awareness of our own history and evolution. The Book of Man explores how genetic information is now being read and interpreted by focusing on biology's most ambitious undertaking to date--the Human Genome Project, an attempt to uncover all the 100,000 genes that control our development and detail the DNA alphabet of each. The authors go on to wrestle with the moral and ethical issues of modern genetics, making a case for a rational appraisal of genetic engineering and for the public to become sufficiently "DNA literate" in order to appreciate the crucial role it plays in our lives. From Gregor Mendel's discovery of the laws of inheritance to the high-tech, crime-stopping power of forensics science and the fascinating but sometimes troublesome implications of the latest science of genetic engineering, The Book of Man brilliantly explores and explains the quest that is changing our understanding of what it means to be a human being.
Book Synopsis Plain Talk about the Human Genome Project by : Edward Jude Smith
Download or read book Plain Talk about the Human Genome Project written by Edward Jude Smith and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Curiosity Guides: The Human Genome by : John Quackenbush
Download or read book Curiosity Guides: The Human Genome written by John Quackenbush and published by Charlesbridge. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The DNA sequence that comprises the human genome--the genetic blueprint found in each of our cells--is undoubtedly the greatest code ever to be broken. Completed at the dawn of a new millennium, the feat electrified both the scientific community and the general public with its tantalizing promise of new and better treatments for countless diseases, including Alzheimer's, cancer, diabetes, and Parkinson's. Yet what is arguably the most important discovery of our time has also opened a Pandora's box of questions about who we are as humans and how the unique information stored in our genomes can and might be used, making it all the more important for everyone to understand the new science of genomics. In the CURIOSITY GUIDE TO THE HUMAN GENOME, Dr. John Quackenbush, a renowned scientist and professor, conducts a fascinating tour of the history and science behind the Human Genome Project and the technologies that are revolutionizing the practice of medicine today. With a clear and engaging narrative style, he demystifies the fundamental principles of genetics and molecular biology, including the astounding ways in which genes function, alone or together with other genes and the environment, to either sustain life or trigger disease. In addition, Dr. Quackenbush goes beyond medicine to examine how DNA-sequencing technology is changing how we think of ourselves as a species by providing new insights about our earliest ancestors and reconfirming our inextricable link to all life on earth. Finally, he explores the legal and ethical questions surrounding such controversial topics as stem cell research, prenatal testing, forensics, and cloning, making this volume of the Curiosity Guides series an indispensable resource for navigating our brave new genomic world.
Book Synopsis The Human Genome Project by : Janey Levy
Download or read book The Human Genome Project written by Janey Levy and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Human Genome Project was a groundbreaking, life-altering development of the late 20th century and a major evolution in science and medicine. Readers of this remarkable volume will follow the scientists of the international, collaborative research program as they map the human genome. They'll learn about the science behind the project as well as the scientific and medical possibilities opened by it. Vivid photographs support the fascinating text, and sidebars, fact boxes, and captions enrich your reader's experience.
Book Synopsis The Human Genome Project by : Thomas F. Lee
Download or read book The Human Genome Project written by Thomas F. Lee and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-11 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the ten-year, multimillion dollar Human Genome Project and its process of gene mapping; includes concerns of critics of the project.
Book Synopsis A Guide to the Human Genome Project by : Susan L. Speaker
Download or read book A Guide to the Human Genome Project written by Susan L. Speaker and published by Chemical Heritage Foundation. This book was released on 1993 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This simple, concise introduction to the HGP for the general reader explores the origins of the genome project and reactions in the scientific community; important technologies and techniques; institutions connected with the HGP, including designated genome centers, important suppliers of resources, and corporations; systems of communication; and ethical, legal, and social issues. A publication of the Biomolecular Sciences Initiative of CHF's Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry.
Book Synopsis Grand Celebration: 10th Anniversary of the Human Genome Project by : Pabulo H. Rampelotto
Download or read book Grand Celebration: 10th Anniversary of the Human Genome Project written by Pabulo H. Rampelotto and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue 2Grand Celebration: 10th Anniversary of the Human Genome Project" that was published in Genes
Book Synopsis Justice and the Human Genome Project by : Timothy F. Murphy
Download or read book Justice and the Human Genome Project written by Timothy F. Murphy and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In my view, [Murphy] has written the most incisive general critical essay on the Human Genome Project yet to appear."--Troy Duster, Director, Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of California, Berkeley "In my view, [Murphy] has written the most incisive general critical essay on the Human Genome Project yet to appear."--Troy Duster, Director, Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of California, Berkeley
Book Synopsis The Science and Technology Behind the Human Genome Project by : Nicholas Croce
Download or read book The Science and Technology Behind the Human Genome Project written by Nicholas Croce and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive resource teaches readers about the fundamental science behind the Human Genome Project, the aim of which was to identify and map all of the genes in the human genome. Readers will learn the basics of DNA, genetics, and the human genome; important areas and the history of genetic research; and how our world has changed since the project. Further, readers will learn about the project itself, including its timeline, ambitions, and achievements, and what we’ve learned. Satisfying the biology component of the Core Curriculum, this book is a great introduction into genetics research.
Book Synopsis Exons, Introns, and Talking Genes by : Christopher Wills
Download or read book Exons, Introns, and Talking Genes written by Christopher Wills and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story behind one of the most difficult--and ultimately rewarding--scientific endeavors in modern history: a multibillion-dollar international undertaking that will revolutionize our understanding of the human body. Exons, Introns, and Talking Genes is a scientist's view of the Human Genome Project. Wills explains the science as no layperson could, telling the story of the scientists involved in the project, the biomedical breakthroughs that led up to it, and how the new information it generates will change the way we understand and treat disease. Ever since Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA, scientists have been trying to "read" the human genetic code locked in the millions and millions of bases that make up DNA. But over the past thirty years, as many new questions have been raised as answered. Why, for example, do we carry long, repeating stretches of DNA that play no discernible role in heredity and that are currently referred to simply as "junk DNA"? Is it really true that much of human DNA is actually viral DNA-remnants, that is, of past infections? And why is most of the DNA that codes for genes quickly removed as useless "introns," leaving only the tiny but key "exons"? When completed in the next century, the Human Genome Project will have determined every gene sequence in the human body, illuminating for scientists some of the outstanding problems in human biology: the genesis of cancer, how embryos and fetuses develop, the mechanisms of aging, and the origin of mutations.
Book Synopsis Understanding the Human Genome by : Kristi Lew
Download or read book Understanding the Human Genome written by Kristi Lew and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completed in April 2003, the Human Genome Project was an international effort to map out and read all the genes that make up Homo sapiens. This book supports the Next Generation Science Standards on heredity and biological evolution by examining the history of genetics and the Human Genome Project, the mechanisms behind heredity, and the types of genetic errors that lead to hereditary diseases. Through simplified explanations of complex scientific concepts, full-color images, and informative sidebars, students will also learn about the ethical issues associated with the program as well how the information gained from the research has given rise to individualized medical tests and treatments.
Download or read book Perilous Knowledge written by Tom Wilkie and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Human Genome Project has been called a scientific "search for the Holy Grail" or the genetics equivalent of the moon race. Thousands of researchers worldwide are analyzing the details of human DNA, hoping to identify all of the tens of thousands of human genes that are the blueprint for the human body. Physicist and writer Tom Wilkie offers a lively, compelling history of this scientifically fascinating and politically contentious undertaking. Beginning with the discovery of DNA by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953, Wilkie's narrative unfolds with the intrigue of a detective story. He reviews in nontechnical terms the many step-by-step developments from different scientific teams that finally made it seem as if it would be possible to sequence the human genome. He goes on to consider the potential social consequences, good and bad, of learning to manipulate the human genetic code. What will happen as we try to prevent and cure disease or attempt to "improve" ourselves and our children by genetic means? A most readable introduction to the science of genetics and the potential consequences of the Human Genome Project, "Perilous Knowledge" provides background for the startling headlines that quite possibly signal changes to all human life in the next century. "After decades of painstaking research, seemingly disparate paths into the sciences of molecular biology, chemistry, biology and genetics have converged. Suddenly the scientists realize that they are . . . at the peak of a mountain where all the surrounding landscape is clear to their view. They are confident now that they can tackle one of the biggest and most profound issues in their science: unravelling the message of human inheritance."--"from the Preface"
Book Synopsis The Human Genome Project by : Simon Schworer
Download or read book The Human Genome Project written by Simon Schworer and published by . This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Biology - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,0, University of Ulm, course: Bioethik, language: English, abstract: The Human Genome Project (HGP), founded in 1990, was a multinational project with the aim to sequence the entire human genome. Besides, its objectives included the generation of high resolution linkage and physical maps of the human chromosomes as well as the identification of disease causing genes. In addition, the HGP's key goals also included addressing the ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) that may arise from the increasing the availability of genetic information, thereby representing the world's largest bioethical program. This work adresses the most challenging ELSI concerns in detail and gives an overview about the state of research on the human genome.
Book Synopsis The Human Genome Project by : Elizabeth L. Marshall
Download or read book The Human Genome Project written by Elizabeth L. Marshall and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 1997-03-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the ten-year, multimillion dollar Human Genome Project and its process of gene mapping; includes concerns of critics of the project.
Book Synopsis The Human Genome Project by : Necia Grant Cooper
Download or read book The Human Genome Project written by Necia Grant Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Material Gene by : Kelly E. Happe
Download or read book The Material Gene written by Kelly E. Happe and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2013-05-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2000, the National Human Genome Research Institute announced the completion of a “draft” of the human genome, the sequence information of nearly all 3 billion base pairs of DNA. In the wake of this major scientific accomplishment, the focus on the genetic basis of disease has sparked many controversies as questions are raised about radical preventative therapies, the role of race in research, and the environmental origins of illness. In The Material Gene, Kelly Happe explores the cultural and social dimensions of our understandings of genomics, using this emerging field to examine the physical manifestation of social relations. Situating contemporary genomics medicine and public health within a wider history of eugenics, Happe examines how the relationship between heredity and dominant social and economic interests has shifted along with transformations in gender and racial politics, social movement, and political economy. Happe demonstrates that genomics is a type of social knowledge, relying on cultural values to attach meaning to the body. The Material Gene situates contemporary genomics within a history of genetics research yet is attentive to the new ways in which knowledge claims about heredity, race, and gender emerge and are articulated to present-day social and political agendas. Kelly E. Happe is assistant professor of communication studies and women’s studies at the University of Georgia.
