Biotechnology Unzipped -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 How Biotechnology Came About -- WHAT IS BIOTECHNOLOGY? -- IN THE BEGINNING -- THE VOYAGER AND THE MONK -- COLORED BODIES -- LET THERE BE DNA -- UNRAVELING THE DOUBLE HELIX -- HOW DOES DNA STORE INFORMATION? -- A COPY IN EVERY CELL -- WHAT DO GENES DO? -- PROTEIN PRIMER -- THE GENETIC CODE -- HOW GENES MAKE PROTEINS -- D(ARING) N(UCLEOTIDE) A(DVENTURES) -- Chapter 2 Tools in the Genetic Engineering Workshop -- WHY BACTERIA? -- HIJACKERS AND MOLECULE SNIPPERS -- FIRST, CATCH YOUR DNA -- MAKING RECOMBINANT DNA -- PUTTING NEW GENES INTO CELLS -- GENE EXPRESSION -- CLONING PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND CELLS -- MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES -- DNA PROBES -- DNA "FINGERPRINTING" -- POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION -- Chapter 3 Biotechnology and the Body -- NEW PARTS FOR OLD -- IT'S ALL IN THE GENES -- THE BEGINNINGS OF GENE THERAPY -- THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT -- THE CONTINUING STORY OF GENE THERAPY -- MICROBES IN MEDICINE -- MEDICINES FROM PLANTS -- THE INTERFERON STORY -- GENES AND VACCINES -- NATURE'S MAGIC BULLETS -- DESIGNER DRUGS -- A CASE STUDY: TRYPTOPHAN -- CLOSING THOUGHTS -- Chapter 4 Biotechnology on the Farm -- MILKING IT FOR ALL IT'S WORTH -- LET US SPRAY -- DEVELOPING REGULATIONS -- GREAT EXPECTATIONS -- PESTS AND DISEASES -- A VERSATILE BACTERIUM -- WEATHER AND SOIL -- FARMER-CEUTICALS? -- CLOSING THOUGHTS -- Chapter 5 Biotechnology and the Environment -- MICROBES CLEAN UP -- MICROBES AS MONITORS -- FINDING THE RIGHT MICROBES FOR THE JOB -- A QUICK READING -- MICROBES AND MINES -- GOLDEN HARVEST -- A NEW ANGLE TO LANDSCAPING -- FIGHTING CHEMICALS WITH CHEMICALS -- MAKING NEW FUELS -- CLOSING THOUGHTS -- Chapter 6 Biotechnology in Seas and Trees -- AN OCEAN OF OPPORTUNITY -- FOUL IS FAIR -- UNDERWATER DRUGS -- A CORNUCOPIA OF CHEMICALS -- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT -- FUELS FROM THE SEA.

FARMING THE SEAS -- DISEASES AND POLLUTION -- FROZEN FISH -- THE FOREST AND THE TREES -- A HARVEST OF WOOD -- BUILDING BETTER TREES -- FORESTS OF THE FUTURE -- CLOSING THOUGHTS -- Chapter 7 Ethical Issues -- MAKING OPINIONS -- LIFE® -- PATENTING PEOPLE -- PROBLEMS WITH PATENTS -- PROFITING FROM THE POOR -- PROTECTING CONSUMERS -- HEALTH DILEMMAS -- GENE THERAPY REVISITED -- PROS AND CONS OF GENE THERAPY -- PROMETHEUS REVISITED -- Postscript -- Glossary A -- Further Reading -- CHAPTER 1. HOW BIOTECHNOLOGY CAME ABOUT -- CHAPTER 2. TOOLS IN THE GENETIC ENGINEERING WORKSHOP -- CHAPTER 3. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE BODY -- CHAPTER 4. BIOTECHNOLOGY ON THE FARM -- CHAPTER 5. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- CHAPTER 6. BIOTECHNOLOGY IN SEAS AND TREES -- CHAPTER 7. ETHICAL ISSUES -- Internet Resources -- Index -- Photo Credits & Sources.