Bioevolution: How Biotechnology Is Changing Our World

Author: Fumento, Michael

Brand: Encounter Books

Edition: 1

Binding: Hardcover

Format: Import

Number Of Pages: 485

Release Date: 15-01-2004

Part Number: 9781893554757

Details: Product Description

Michael Fumento discusses the miracle drugs and treatment in the pipeline--innovations that will change medicine over the next decades, eliminating diseases such as diabetes.

Review
"'BioEvolution' provides a sense of optimism and wisdom tempered by realism,...showing how human ingenuity can make life better." --
C.S. Prakash, Director, Center for Plant Biotechnology Research President, AgBioWorld Foundation, Tuskegee University

"Fumento takes the reader behind the scenes of the biotechnology business while lucidly explaining the scientific underpinnings of medical research." --
William W. Li, M.D., President, The Angiogenesis Foundation

"[A] wonderfully intelligent, well written, and wise look at...the new age of genetics and society." --
Bruce N. Ames, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, and recipient of the National Medal of Science
About the Author
Michael Fumento began writing about biotechnology as a reporter for "Investor's Business Daily" in 1993. A senior fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C. and a weekly medical/health columnist for the Scripps Howard News Service, he is also the author of several books including "The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS;" "Science Under Siege;" and "The Fat of the Land: The Obesity Epidemic and How Overweight Americans Can Help Themselves." His work has also appeared in "Readers' Digest," "The Atlantic Monthly," "Forbes" and other magazines.

EAN: 9781893554757

Package Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.7 inches

Languages: English