Biotechnology : our future as human beings and citizens /

An essential introduction to a controversial yet crucial field of research, Biotechnology surveys recent advances in the field and offers a wide range of opinions for and against expanding this new branch of science. Incisively examining such key topics as therapeutic cloning, genetic enhancement, s...

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Tác giả khác: Sutton, Sean D., 1965-
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2009.
Loạt:SUNY series in philosophy and biology.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.18252758
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