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BIOTECHNOLOGY: SCIENCE, CULTURE AND ETHICS Spring 2000 Assignment Schedule |
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BIOTECHNOLOGY: SCIENCE, CULTURE AND ETHICS Spring 2000 Assignment Schedule |
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Zumdahl,
Chemical Principles pp.1009-1012;1012-1025 (skim); 1025-1029. (Basics of biochemistry and DNA structure) Watson et al, Recombinant DNA pp. 13-24 (Advanced reading on DNA structure) Watson, The Double Helix Reviews of The Double Helix by Klug (p. 146), Eilman (p. 187), and Lwoff (p. 225). |
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Zubay,
Principles of Biochemistry, ch. 27 close attention to:
pp. 678-680; 682-688; 690-697 (basics on DNA sequencing) From Kelves and Hood, Code of Codes: Kelves, "Out of Eugenics" Gilbert, "A Vision of the Grail" Nelkin, "The Social Power of Genetic Information" Greely, "Health Insurance, Employment, and the Genetics Revolution." Keller, "Nature, Nurture, and the Human Genome Project" Lender, "DNA Fingerprinting" |
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Making PCR |
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Rabinow, Making PCR |
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From Asilomar to GM food |
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Reiss and Straighan, Improving
Nature chs. 1,2, 5,6, and 7. Shiva, Biopiracy |
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Reproduction and cloning |
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From Nussbaum and Sunstein,
Clones and Clones: Wilmut et al, "Viable offspring" National Bioethic Advisory Commission "The Science and Application of Cloning" Dwokin, "Sasha" Eskridge and Stein, "Queer Clones" Doniger, "Sex and the Mythological Clone" Tribe, "On Not Banning Cloning for the Wrong Reasons" Posner and Posner, "The Demand for Human Cloning" National Bioethics Advisory Committee, "Recommendations of the Committee" |
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Chemistry
in Context, Ch. 11 Zumdahl, Chemical Principles, pp 1012-1025. Werth, The Billion Dollar Molecule |
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