Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- The Origins of Biotechnology: A Primer on the Science and Beginnings of Its Regulations -- The Asilomar Conference of 1975 -- Patenting of Life: Chakrabarty, General Electric, the Patent Office and the Supreme Court -- The Release of a Genetically Engineered Microorganism -- Corn Genetically Engineered with an Insecticide -- Bovine Growth Hormone, a Dairy Farmer and Ice Cream Suits -- The Human Genome Project -- Genetic Testing for Risk Assessment for Disease -- Gene Therapy: Magic Bullet or Hype? -- Forensic DNA Testing and Databanking: Basics of DNA Fingerprinting -- Cloning of a Mammal -- Appendix: Internet Sites for Issues and Dilemmas of Biotechnology -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.