Shaping the future biology and human values
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press
1989.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622135306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- SHAPING THE FUTURE
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contents
- Introduction
- THE MOLECULAR REVOLUTION
- COMMON THEMES
- Chapter 1 - Genetics and the Human Genome
- Genetics and Disease
- Tracking Disease to Its Source
- Putting Genes on a Map
- A Genetic Scalpel
- RFLPs and Disease Diagnosis
- The Price of Knowledge
- From Mapping to Sequencing
- Prospects for Human Gene Therapy
- ESSAY-SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS FROM THE PUBLIC'S PERSPECTIVE
- The Uses of Knowledge
- Science and Myth
- A Mechanistic View of Nature
- An Agenda for Scientists
- Chapter 2 - Biological Development and Cancer
- Unifying Concepts
- Inside an Egg
- Communication Among Cells
- Development Gone Awry: Cancer
- ESSAY-ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE USE OF HUMAN MATERIALS
- The Inadequacy of Simple Rules
- The Social Dimension of Ethics
- The Origins of Social Values
- The Need for Equity
- Chapter 3 - Neuroscience and Neuronal Replacement
- High-Level Versus Intermediate-Level Functions
- The Visual World
- Vision in an Association Area
- A Sense of Where You Are
- Representations of the World
- Neural Regeneration in Canaries
- New Neurons or Old?
- The Birthplace of New Neurons
- Implications for Other Species
- ESSAY-The Evolution of Ethics
- Normative Ethics and Metaethics
- Competition and Cooperation
- The Kinds of Kindness
- Evolutionary Justice
- Implications of a Biological Morality
- Chapter 4 - Evolution and the Biosphere
- The Evolution of Proteins
- A Molecular Clock
- An Erratic Clock
- The Value of Molecular Clocks
- Two Periods of Life
- Bacteria and the Atmosphere
- An Oxygenic Atmosphere
- A Modern View
- ESSAY-Preserving Biological Diversity
- Measures of Diversity
- Diversity in the Tropics
- Linking Development and Conservation
- Approaches to Conservation
- The Role of Biologists
- Afterword.
- Population and Wealth
- Biology and the Future
- Index.
