Biosafety first; holistic approaches to risk and uncertainty in genetic engineering and genetically modified organisms.9789251921138 Biosafety first; holistic approaches to risk and uncertainty in genetic engineering and genetically modified organisms ge·net·i·cal·ly modified organism n. Abbr. GMO An organism whose genetic characteristics have been altered by the insertion of a modified gene or a gene from another organism using the techniques of genetic engineering. . Ed. by Terje Traavik and Lim Li Ching Li Ching (Traditional Chinese: 李靜, Simplified Chinese: 李静)(born 7 March 1975) is a table tennis player from Hong Kong, China. He is best known for the joint silver medal he won for Hong Kong at the Athens Olympic in 2004. . Tapir tapir (tā`pər), nocturnal, herbivorous mammal, genus Tapirus, of the jungles of Central and South America and SE Asia. The tapir is somewhat piglike in appearance; however, it is not related to the pig, but to the horse and the Academic Press 2007 612 pages $119.00 Hardcover QH442 The editors (of the Norwegian Institute of Gene Ecology and the Third World Network in Malaysia) are responsible for an international biosafety course ("Holistic Foundations for Assessment and Regulation of Genetic Engineering and Genetically Modified Organisms") that is aimed at scientists, regulators, and civil society leaders from developing countries. This book serves as the background reader for the course, which topically embraces both the science of gene ecology--the study of interactions between hereditary material (DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. , RNA RNA: see nucleic acid. RNA in full ribonucleic acid One of the two main types of nucleic acid (the other being DNA), which functions in cellular protein synthesis in all living cells and replaces DNA as the carrier of genetic , proteins) and their surrounding environment in the broadest sense--and the Precautionary Principle and its scientific and regulatory applications. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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