The Second Creation : Dolly and the Age of Biological Control

Tudge, Colin, Campbell, Keith, Wilmut, Ian

ISBN 10: 0674005864 / ISBN 13: 9780674005860

Edité par Harvard University Press, 2001

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• Titre: The Second Creation : Dolly and the Age of Biological Control
• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date de parution: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0674005864
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780674005860
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: Reprint.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Poids: 1,102 livre

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Synopsis

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 by 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 - and its far-reaching implications for the twenty-first.

À propos de l?auteur

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.