Ebook: Redesigning life: how genome editing will transform the world

Rapid developments in the manipulation of genomes, including editing genes with 'molecular scissors' and the synthesizing of new lifeforms look set to transform our future, and perhaps that of life on Earth. John Parrington explains the cutting edge science and its implications.;Cover; redesigning life: how genome editing will tranform the world; Copyright; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; LIST OF PLATES; LIST OF FIGURES; Colour Plates; Introduction: The Gene Revolution; A Scientific Revolution; 1: Natural Born Mutants; From Wolf to Hound; A Feline Interloper; Taming the Earth; Many New Breeds; Natural Born Mutants; A Model of Life; Fancy Mice; Enhancing Abnormality; 2: Supersize My Mouse; Engineering Life; Birth of Biotechnology; A Giant Mouse; Crop Controversy; Genes as Therapy; Pluripotent Potential; Knockouts and Knockins; 3: Light as a Life Tool; A Living Palette.