Biotechnology Demystified

Part 1: Fundamental Topics in Molecular and Cellular Biology Chapter 1: The Molecules of Life: The stuff you are made of Chapter 2: The Cellular Basis of Life: What cells look like and what they do Chapter 3: Information Flow within the Cell: Going from gene to protein Chapter 4: DNA Replication and Cell Division: How life continues Chapter 5: Regulation of gene expression: cells don’t express every gene they have Chapter 6: Signal Transduction: How cells interact with what is outside Part 2: Essential Experimental Techniques in Biotechnology Chapter 7: Genetic Engineering: How you do something with DNA Chapter 8: Assays for Gene Function: I made this DNA, now what? Part 3: Advanced Topics in Biotechnology Chapter 9: Cancer and the Cell Cycle: When good cells go bad Chapter 10: Infectious Disease: Bacteria and viruses and prions, oh my! Chapter 11: Immunology: How the body protects itself from invasion Chapter 12: Genetic Disease: When good genes go bad Part 4: Applications of Biotechnology Chapter 13: The Human Genome Project: What it is and what it’s used for Chapter 14: Reproductive Cloning: Understanding the controversy Chapter 15: Genetically Modified (GM) Crops: The new way to make a better tomato Chapter 16: Drug Discovery: The accelerated pace of finding new drugs Chapter 17: Future Prospects for Biotechnology: Is it bright or a lack of foresight?.