The Second Creation by Sir Ian Wilmut

The Second Creation by Sir Ian Wilmut

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This text considers and explains the history of cloning, the scientific reasons behind cloning research and the huge ethical issues raised by such investigation and exploitation. The authors discuss what cloning's future might be.

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The Second Creation by Sir Ian Wilmut

The cloning of Dolly in 1996 from the cell of an adult sheep was a pivotal moment in history. For the first time, a team of scientists, led by Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell, was able to clone a whole mammal using a single cultured adult body cell, a breakthrough that revolutionized three technologies - genetic engineering, genomics, and cloning by nuclear transfer from adult cells - and brought science ever closer to the possibility of human cloning. In this definitive account, the scientists who accomplished this stunning feat explain their hypotheses and experiments, their conclusions, and the ethical and scientific ramifications of their work. Written with award-winning science writer Colin Tudge. The Second Creation is a landmark work that details the most exciting and challenging scientific discovery of the twentieth century.
Fascinating and comprehensive..Not many books describe how science is actually done. James Watson's The Double Helix was one, and this book is another...Non-scientists will not learn a lot of biology, but they will also get a good idea of what makes scientists tick. - Anne McLaren, Nature
Ian Wilmut is a scientist at the Roslin Institute in Scotland. Keith Campbell is a cell biologist and embryologist now working at the University of Nottingham. Colin Tudge is a three-time winner of the Glaxo / ABSW Science Writer of the Year Award.
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ISBN 13 9780674005860
ISBN 10 0674005864
Titel The Second Creation
Autor Sir Ian Wilmut
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Bindungsart Hardback
Verlag Harvard University Press
Erscheinungsjahr 2001-07-28
Seitenanzahl 360
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