TECHNOLOGY
Schacter, Bernice

Genetics in the News

(4) YA Science News Flash series. Beginning with newsmaking achievements such as modifying plant and human genes for specific purposes, the three divisions of each book then move on to the science enabling such activity, followed by its history, then current issues and future considerations, such as potential dangers of GM foods. Illustrations help clarify the information, but these books (particularly Genetics) require considerable background knowledge to decode. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Science News Flash titles: Genetics in the News and Medicine in the News.

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