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Genetic engineering, and related research, is helping to shape the future of humankind. Over the past two decades scientists have made impressive breakthroughs. They have used the technology to discover cures for diseases, solve crimes, and develop drought-resistant crops that can be used to feed millions of people. However, not everyone is excited about the potential benefits of this technology. Some people believe that it is not right for scientists...
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©2007
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Biotechnology, IPRs and Biodiversity discusses the background of the signing of the Convention on Biodiversity, examines the various articles of CBD, and provides a detailed analysis on the Cartagena Protocol on Biodiversity while also dealing with the various meetings, discussions and treaties on the subject. Leading to a better understanding on this complex and complicated issue, especially from a developing country's point of view, this volume...
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2023.
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Polyvinyl Alcohol-Based Biocomposites and Bionanocomposites Serves as a one-stop reference resource for important research accomplishments in the area of polyvinyl alcohol-based biocomposites and bionanocomposites. Many recent research accomplishments in the area of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-based biocomposites and bionanocomposites are summarized in this book. In it, the editors discuss as many topics as possible on the most recent state-of-the-art...
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Woodhead Publishing in food science technology and nutrition volume no. 218
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2012
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Nanotechnology has the potential to impact on food processing significantly. This important book summarises current research in this area and provides an overview of both current and possible future applications of nanotechnologies in the food industry. Issues such as safety and regulation are also addressed. After an introductory overview, the first part discusses general issues such as risk assessment, the regulatory framework, detection and characterisation...
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El lugar donde habitamos no está formado solo de imágenes espacio temporales, sino de vida sintética. La percepción humana se ha transformado por una inmersión que tiene lugar en diferentes organismos artificiales, lo que permite la experimentación en entornos conformados por especies nuevas que interactúan entre ellas y con nosotros. Estos son los mundos bioinmersivos, que proceden de la intersección entre los mundos virtuales y la vida artificial...
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Elizabeth Anne Montgomery (Beth) MD, Biochemist PHD Stefani Marie Graham (Tessa), MD, Biochemist PHD James Christopher Jurez (Chris), MD, Biochemist PHD were selected from a nationwide search for the top scores in tests that were given in the United States. These three gifted students (among the top 50) were educated by the government, and sent to the best Universities in their area. They were now graduated, and immediately sent to their destination,...
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Finally: After 250 years, a solution to this intriguing and important phenomena of osmosis has been found. Many other solutions have been proposed, no others fully explain the process and the many applications. This book introduces a new understanding of osmosis, solids, liquids, and vapor pressure and more... For those that already understand osmosis, we suggest that you begin with the last chapter. The first chapters may sound like heresy. For others,...
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Get the Summary of Sally Adee's We Are Electric in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "We Are Electric" by Sally Adee delves into the historical and scientific exploration of bioelectricity. The book traces the debate between Luigi Galvani, who posited the existence of "animal electricity," and Alessandro Volta, who argued for a metallic source of electrical contractions in frog legs. Despite Galvani's initial discrediting,...
10) Germs Gone Wild
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A shocking exposé of the reckless proliferation of bio-weapon research and the threat this poses to everyday Americans.
Battling a new generation of corporate giants and uncovering threats right in our own backyard, Kenneth King's Germs Gone Wild reveals the massive expansion of America's bio-defense research labs and the culture of deception surrounding hundreds of facilities that have opened since 9/11.
King experienced the menace of bio-defense...
11) Biofiltros
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Un biofiltro es un sistema en el que las aguas residuales se depuran por procesos naturales. En este libro aprenderá,s a preparar un biofiltro doméstico de una manera sencilla.
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¿Cómo la Biotecnología y la Bioinformática pueden contribuir a la Producción Animal?
Los propósitos mundiales tendientes a cumplir objetivos de producción sostenible, amigable con el medio ambiente, reduciendo las brechas de acceso a los alimentos y en la búsqueda de mejorar la calidad de vida de la humanidad generan un gran reto para los entornos de ciencia.
La biotecnología y la bioinformática son herramientas cientificas de vanguardia...
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In 1989, Francis Fukuyama made his now-famous pronouncement that because "the major alternatives to liberal democracy had exhausted themselves," history as we knew it had reached its end. Ten years later, he revised his argument: we hadn't reached the end of history, he wrote, because we hadn't yet reached the end of science. Arguing that our greatest advances still to come will be in the life sciences, Fukuyama now asks how the ability to modify...
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This universal energy field is available to all of us. You too can harness the ability to heal using these techniques. His dream is for all people to know that they have healing abilities that go beyond what medical institutions can offer. Anushavan Manukyan practices and teaches bioenergy healing in Los Angeles.
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[2016]
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BioCoder is a quarterly newsletter for DIYbio, synthetic bio, and anything related. You'll discover: Articles about interesting projects and experiments, such as the glowing plant Articles about tools, both those you buy and those you build Visits to DIYbio laboratories Profiles of key people in the community Announcements of events and other items of interest Safety pointers and tips about good laboratory practice Anything that's interesting or useful:...
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[2023]
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Biotecnología, soluciones para la salud del futuro y la sostenibilidad del planeta explora cómo la biotecnología está transformando nuestra salud, la medicina y la atención médica, al tiempo que contribuye a resolver algunos de los mayores desafíos ambientales y sociales de nuestro tiempo. Las autoras describen cómo las innovaciones en medicina de precisión, edición genética, bioimpresión, medicina regenerativa, tecnologías...
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For a quarter of a century, the Council for Responsible Genetics has provided a unique historical lens into the modern history, science, ethics, and politics of genetic technologies. Since 1983, the Council has had leading scientists, activists, science writers, and public health advocates researching and reporting on a broad spectrum of issues, including genetically engineered foods, biological weapons, genetic privacy and discrimination, reproductive...
18) Axiom
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A man with a dream of human evolution unlocks the ability via biotechnology, and opens the door to living nightmares instead. How can humanity survive when some are more human than others? Axiom is a story of science and technology and the reality of humanity, it is a work of fiction within the scope of possibility. It is a mirror to our society.
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Experts agree that we are entering the Golden Age of Medicine, when our everyday experience of being ill and getting better will be more like science fiction than today's routine trip to the doctor.
Bill Hanson, director of the surgical intensive care unit at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and an inventor of medical technology, offers true-life and intensely intimate stories about the way biotechnology is changing people's lives.
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©2012
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Microbiorobotics is a new engineering discipline that inherently involves a multidisciplinary approach (mechanical engineering, cellular biology, mathematical modeling, control systems, synthetic biology, etc). Building robotics system in the micro scale is an engineering task that has resulted in many important applications, ranging from micromanufacturing techniques to cellular manipulation. However, it is also a very challenging engineering task....
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