Reshaping Life: Key Issues in Genetic Engineering

by G.J.V. Nossal, Ross L. Coppel

Reshaping Life is an eminently authoritative and lucid description of modern molecular biology and genetics, and the ethical implications of genetic engineering. Now in its third edition, it is fully revised and updated, taking advantage of a decade of progress in genetics and biotechnology. It offers a concise working knowledge of DNA science and of those aspects of cell biology needed to understand such issues as animal cloning, genetically modified food, and gene therapy. It examines the debates on the sociological and ethical issues surrounding modern technology, laying out the issues for the reader, while urging a rational approach.

264 pages, Hardcover

First published April 26, 1985

About the author

Sir Gustav Victor Joseph Nossal, AC, CBE, FRS, FAA is an Australian research biologist famous for his contributions to the fields of antibody formation and immunological tolerance.

In 1990 he was awarded the Albert Einstein World Award of Science, given to researchers working in areas that "have brought true benefit and well being to mankind," and in 2000 was named Australian of the Year by the The National Australia Day Council.