Reshaping life : key issues in genetic engineering / G.J.V. Nossal and Ross L. Coppel.

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2002], ©2002.

x, 253 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

3rd ed.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-162) and index.

The genie is out of the bottle -- The organization of life -- The mechanics of gene transplantation -- Genomes: the encyclopaedias of life -- Factories for precious proteins -- Genes as diagnostic probes -- Gene therapy, cellular engineering and human cloning -- Vaccines of the future -- Genetically manipulated organisms -- The DNA industry -- Scientists playing God -- Genetic engineering and public policy -- Distant horizons.