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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
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This is an absolutely fascinating account of a line of cells that would proliferate to such a degree that they became immortal. Shaved from a tumor in a poor black woman in the 1950s, cultured without her knowledge, and grown to amazing proportions... (read more)

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Selfish Gene New Edition
Selfish Gene New Edition
by Richard Dawkins
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This nontechnical description of modern genetics is based on the insight that replicating structures have a built-in drive for self-preservation. A fascinating and provocative popular account.... (read more)

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Studies in Rhetoric & Religion #14: After the Genome: A Language for Our Biotechnological Future
Studies in Rhetoric & Religion #14: After the Genome: A Language for Our Biotechnological Future
by Michael J. (edt) Hyde
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Biotechnological advancements during the last half-century have forced humanity to come to grips with the possibility of a post-human future. The ever-evolving opinions about how society should anticipate this biotechnological frontier demand a language... (read more)

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Genomes and What to Make of Them
Genomes and What to Make of Them
by Barry Barnes
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In 2003 the Human Genome Project announced that it had achieved a stunning scientific breakthrough: the full map of the human genome, and with it our first complete picture of the basic building block of human life. Since then, boasts about the benefits... (read more)

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The Philadelphia Chromosome: A Mutant Gene and the Quest to Cure Cancer at the Genetic Level
The Philadelphia Chromosome: A Mutant Gene and the Quest to Cure Cancer at the Genetic Level
by Jessica Wapner
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One of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Spring 2013 Science Books Philadelphia, 1959: A scientist scrutinizing a single human cell under a microscope detects a missing piece of DNA. That scientist, David Hungerford, had no way of knowing that he had stumbled... (read more)

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Genentech: The Beginnings of Biotech (Synthesis)
Genentech: The Beginnings of Biotech (Synthesis)
by Sally Smith Hughes
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In the fall of 1980, Genentech, Inc., a little-known California genetic engineering company, became the overnight darling of Wall Street, raising over $38 million in its initial public stock offering. Lacking marketed products or substantial profit, the... (read more)

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Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body
Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body
by Armand Marie Leroi
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Visit Armand Marie Leroi on the web: http://armandleroi.com/index.html Stepping effortlessly from myth to cutting-edge science, Mutants gives a brilliant narrative account of our genetic code and the captivating people whose bodies have revealed it... (read more)

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Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom
Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom
by Sean B. Carroll
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'Evo Devo is evolutionary developmental biology, the third revolution in evolutionary biology. The first was marked by the publication of The Origin of Species. The second occurred in the early twentieth century, when Darwin\'s theories were merged with... (read more)

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells the tale of a woman whose cells were used — without her knowledge — in breakthrough medical research after her 1951 death. Skloot's moving story of faith, family, and science uses the past to teach us about... (read more)

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The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
by Sam Kean
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From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes more incredible stories of science, history, language, and music, as told by our own DNA. In The Disappearing Spoon, bestselling author Sam Kean unlocked the mysteries of the periodic table. In The... (read more)

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The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA
The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA
by Mark Schultz
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Lets face it: From adenines to zygotes, from cytokinesis to parthenogenesis, even the basics of genetics can sound utterly alien. So who better than an alien to explain it all? Enter Bloort 183, a scientist from an asexual alien race threatened by... (read more)

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The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition With a New Introduction by the Author
The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition With a New Introduction by the Author
by Richard Dawkins
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Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much excitement and interest outside the scientific community as within it. His theories have helped change the whole nature of the... (read more)

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Equine Genomics
Equine Genomics
by Bhanu P. (edt) Chowdhary
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The complete mapping of the horse genome sequence makes a significant contribution to understanding equine biology. This book provides a timely comprehensive overview of equine genomic research. Chapters detail key accomplishments and the current state... (read more)

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Human Genetics and Society (2ND 12 Edition)
Human Genetics and Society (2ND 12 Edition)
by Ronnee K. Yashon
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HUMAN GENETICS AND SOCIETY is an engaging text that demonstrates the relevance of genetics with an integrated case-based approach. Written for non-science majors, it shows the importance of genetics by placing concepts within real-life contexts that you... (read more)

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The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene
The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene
by Richard Dawkins
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This is a revised edition with a new afterword by Daniel Dennett. The Extended Phenotype carries on from where The Selfish Gene takes off. It is a fascinating look at the evolution of life and natural selection. Dawkins's theory is that individual... (read more)

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Book of Life : a Personal and Ethical Guide To Race, Normality, and the Implications of the Human Genome Project (01 Edition)
Book of Life : a Personal and Ethical Guide To Race, Normality, and the Implications of the Human Genome Project (01 Edition)
by Barbara Katz Rothman
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"This is an exciting book. Its plea that genetic theory be integrated into social thought-rather than the other way around-is wonderfully lucid and well informed. A pleasure to read." --Vivian Gornick, author of The End of the Novel of Love... (read more)

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Nutritional Genomics: The Impact of Dietary Regulation of Gene Function on Human Disease
Nutritional Genomics: The Impact of Dietary Regulation of Gene Function on Human Disease
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Written as a platform for researchers, scientists, educators, and policy makers to discuss the current status of nutritional genomic research, this book contains the latest scientific findings on the mechanisms underlying diet-genome interactions. With... (read more)

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Epigenetics: How Environment Shapes Our Genes
Epigenetics: How Environment Shapes Our Genes
by Richard C. Francis
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The burgeoning new science of epigenetics offers a cornucopia of insights--some comforting, some frightening. For example, the male fetus may be especially vulnerable to certain common chemicals in our environment, in ways that damage not only his own... (read more)

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Biopunk: DIY Scientists Hack the Software of Life
Biopunk: DIY Scientists Hack the Software of Life
by Marcus Wohlsen
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Bill Gates recently told Wired that if he were a teenager today, he would be hacking biology. "If you want to change the world in some big way," he says, "that's where you should start-biological molecules." The most disruptive force on the planet... (read more)

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In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity
In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity
by Daniel J Kevles
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Daniel Kevles traces the study and practice of eugenics--the science of "improving" the human species by exploiting theories of heredity--from its inception in the late nineteenth century to its most recent manifestation within the field of genetic... (read more)

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