| Description |
289 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Ifgene coordinators -- The limits of culture in biotechnology / Klaus Michael Meyer-Abich -- The cultural powers of the gene - identity, destiny and the social meaning of heredity / Susan Lindee -- The archetypal gene - the open history of a successful concept / Ernst Peter Fischer -- Back to the future - towards a spiritual attitude for managing DNA / Jaap van der Wal -- DNA in the environment: ecological, and therefore societal, implications / Guenther Stotzky -- DNA and the new organicism / Mae-Wan Ho -- DNA at the edge of contextual biology / Johannes Wirz -- The role of genetic disposition in human health and disease - bioethical aspects of DNA testing / Hansjakob Muller -- Genomic instability - a story of repair, cancer and evolution, with existential impact on the individual / Nicolaas Jaspers -- Human biography and its genetic instrument / Michaela Glockler -- Practising a power free dialogue in the plenary sessions about modern biotechnology / Henk Verhoog -- Gene concepts in motion: from Mendel to molecules / Jacqueline Girard-Bascou and Craig Holdrege -- DNA and food technology - between natural food and food design / Anneke Hamstra and Mirjam Matze -- DNA and education / John Armstrong and Frans Olofsen -- The biotechnology dialogue in the Netherlands / Huib Vriend -- The genetification of our culture / Florianne Koechlin -- DNA in context - genes, organisms and evolution illustrated through algae and buttercups / Brian Goodwin and Margaret Colquhoun -- Transgenic plants - consequences and impacts for production and ecology / Jos van Damme and Beat Keller -- Intrinsic value of plants and animals: from philosophy to implementation / Petran Kockelkoren and Michiel Linskens -- Does human retardation occur at the molecular level? / Jos Verhulst and Nicolaas Jaspers -- Genetic disabilities - predictive diagnosis, gene therapy and communal care / Peter Miny, Nick Blitz and Peter Middleton -- Heredity, gene therapy and religion / Ulrich Eibach and Martin Gmeindl -- Genetic engineering and xenotransplantation / Jorg Jungermann and Peter Braidley -- Embryo, heredity and DNA / Jaap van der Wal, Peter Grunewald and Trond Skaftnesmo -- Meeting the person behind the scientist involved in gene technology - summary of the round table discussions / Bas Pedroli -- Biotechnology as a socio-technical ensemble - closing remarks and reflection / Guido Ruievenkamp -- Ifgene network |
| Summary |
This book provides a wide range of discussions about the effects of DNA thinking in science and society, in biology and in relation to what it is to be human. Insights are provided into transdisciplinary approaches and divergent views are compared. The reports on the plenary discussions and the many workshops show progress towards a power-free dialogue, i.e. an exchange of thoughts, free of economical and political pressure. The viewpoints of a variety of specialists including scientists (microbiologists, molecular geneticists and clinical researchers), clinicians, philosophers and members of NGOs are presented. The contents will be of particular interest to those involved in genetic engineering, from students to policy makers, who face the challenge of the new technology in their work and who are looking for a substantial expansion and complementation of their basis for judgement forming |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
DNA -- Forecasting -- Congresses.
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Genetics -- Forecasting -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Lammerts van Bueren, E. T. (Edith T.)
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Wirz, J. (Johannes)
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| LC no. |
97020566 |
| ISBN |
0792346203 (alk. paper) |
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