Biology is technology the promise, peril, and new business of engineering life / [electronic resource] :
Robert H. Carlson.
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
- 279 p. : ill., map.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-266) and index.
What is biology? -- Building with biological parts -- Learning to fly (or yeast, geese, and 747s) -- The second coming of synthetic biology -- A future history of biological engineering -- The pace of change in biological technologies -- The international genetically engineered machines competition -- Reprogramming cells and building genomes -- The promise and peril of biological technologies -- The sources of innovation and the effects of existing and proposed regulations -- Laying the foundations for a bioeconomy -- Of straightjackets and springboards for innovation -- Open-source biology, or open biology? -- What makes a revolution?
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