Molecular Biotechnology

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Completely revised and updated, this third edition of the best-selling title covers both the underlying scientific prinicples and the wide-ranging industrial, agricultural, pharmaceutical, and biomedical applications of recombinant DNA technology. Updated chapters reflect recent developments in biotechnology and the societal issues related to it, such as cloning, gene therapy, and patenting and releasing genetically engineered organisms. Milestones summarize important research papers in the history of biotechnology and their effects on the field.