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In 1989, Francis Fukuyama made his now-famous pronouncement that because "the major alternatives to liberal democracy had exhausted themselves," history as we knew it had reached its end. Ten years later, he revised his argument: we hadn't reached the end of history, he wrote, because we hadn't yet reached the end of science. Arguing that our greatest advances still to come will be in the life sciences, Fukuyama now asks how the ability to modify...
2) Spiral
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The race is on to stop the devastating proliferation of the ultimate bioweapon: a drug-resistant fungal infection.
“A fascinating ride through a world of bioweaponry, nanoscience, murder, and international intrigue . . . one of the best debut thrillers I’ve read in a long time.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston
ITW THRILLER AWARD FINALIST...
“A fascinating ride through a world of bioweaponry, nanoscience, murder, and international intrigue . . . one of the best debut thrillers I’ve read in a long time.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston
ITW THRILLER AWARD FINALIST...
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"Will you, dear Shareholder, set Athena free? Athena Rao must reckon with the memory of her father, King Rao-literally. Through biotechnological innovation, he has given her his memories. His Dalit childhood on an Indian coconut plantation in the 1950s is as alive to her as her own existence in a prison cell, accused of her father's murder. Egocentric, brilliant, a little damaged, King Rao had a visionary idea: the personal computer known as the Coconut....
6) Intervention
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Bestselling author Robin Cook returns with another ripped-from-the- headlines thriller, as New York City medical detective Jack Stapleton investigates the promises-and deadly risks-of alternative medicine and is led deep into the heart of a religious conspiracy...
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"Amina Khan believes that nature does it best. In Adapt, she presents fascinating examples of how nature effortlessly solves the problems that humans attempt to solve with decades worth of the latest and greatest technologies, time, and money. Humans are animals too, and animals are incredibly good at doing more with less. If a fly's eye can see without hundreds of fancy lenses, and termite mounds can stay cool in the desert without air conditioning,...
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"At the start of 2020, Moderna was a waning biotech unicorn, still years away from delivering its first product despite a decade of development of a potentially breakthrough innovation: using RNA to combat disease. Investors were getting antsy or, worse, skeptical. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit, and Moderna became a central player in a global drama-a David to pharma's Goliaths-turning its technology toward breaking the global grip of the terrible...
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Genetic engineering, and related research, is helping to shape the future of humankind. Over the past two decades scientists have made impressive breakthroughs. They have used the technology to discover cures for diseases, solve crimes, and develop drought-resistant crops that can be used to feed millions of people. However, not everyone is excited about the potential benefits of this technology. Some people believe that it is not right for scientists...
11) The loop
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"Spiderman: Venom meets The Walking Dead with a diverse cast of teenage protagonists trying to survive the night in a town overcome by a scientific breakthrough that has rapidly gone incredibly wrong. A small town in Western Oregon becomes the epicenter of an epidemic of violence as the teenage daughters and sons of several executives who happen to work at the biotech firm nestled in the hills have become ill, and oddly, aggressively, murderous"--...
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"Winners of the Paul Ehrlich Prize The dramatic story of the married scientists who founded BioNTech and developed the first vaccine against COVID-19. Nobody thought it was possible. In mid-January 2020, Ugur Sahin told Özlem Türeci, his wife and decades-long research partner, that a vaccine against what would soon be known as COVID-19 could be developed and safely injected into the arms of millions before the end of the year. His confidence was...
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Elizabeth Anne Montgomery (Beth) MD, Biochemist PHD Stefani Marie Graham (Tessa), MD, Biochemist PHD James Christopher Jurez (Chris), MD, Biochemist PHD were selected from a nationwide search for the top scores in tests that were given in the United States. These three gifted students (among the top 50) were educated by the government, and sent to the best Universities in their area. They were now graduated, and immediately sent to their destination,...
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5. The author presents ID vs ABIOGENESIS scientific PREDICTIONS. The mechanisms in the context of Intelligent Design (ID) and Abiogenesis hypotheses offer contrasting views on the origins of this fundamental biological process. Analyzing these views involves understanding their theoretical underpinnings and how empirical testing could potentially support or challenge each hypothesis.
6. Testing and Falsification
a. Tests in Abiogenesis Context:
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16) Biofiltros
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Un biofiltro es un sistema en el que las aguas residuales se depuran por procesos naturales. En este libro aprenderá,s a preparar un biofiltro doméstico de una manera sencilla.
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¿Cómo la Biotecnología y la Bioinformática pueden contribuir a la Producción Animal?
Los propósitos mundiales tendientes a cumplir objetivos de producción sostenible, amigable con el medio ambiente, reduciendo las brechas de acceso a los alimentos y en la búsqueda de mejorar la calidad de vida de la humanidad generan un gran reto para los entornos de ciencia.
La biotecnología y la bioinformática son herramientas cientificas de vanguardia...
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Stephen Heywood was twenty-nine years old when he learned that he was dying of ALS -- Lou Gehrig's disease. Almost overnight his older brother, Jamie, turned himself into a genetic engineer in a quixotic race to cure the incurable. His Brother's Keeper is a powerful account of their story, as they travel together to the edge of medicine. The book brings home for all of us the hopes and fears of the new biology. In this dramatic and suspenseful narrative,...
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Con este trabajo, el autor ha querido mostrar la importante distorsión que hay sobre los cultivos transgénicos entre aquello que dice la comunidad científica, avalado por datos, y aquello que opina la sociedad en general, donde se ha impuesto una imagen completamente contraria. El objetivo de la obra es abordar los mitos y leyendas sobre los transgénicos y aportar argumentos con rigor científico. La cultura científica de la sociedad, la implicación...
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El lugar donde habitamos no está formado solo de imágenes espacio temporales, sino de vida sintética. La percepción humana se ha transformado por una inmersión que tiene lugar en diferentes organismos artificiales, lo que permite la experimentación en entornos conformados por especies nuevas que interactúan entre ellas y con nosotros. Estos son los mundos bioinmersivos, que proceden de la intersección entre los mundos virtuales y la vida artificial...