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 dont 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 its 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?

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