@article{1438234,
      recid = {1438234},
      author = {Wünschiers, Röbbe.},
      title = {Genetic engineering : reading, writing and editing genes  /},
      publisher = {Springer,},
      address = {Wiesbaden :},
      pages = {1 online resource (46 pages)},
      year = {2021},
      abstract = {This essential should serve as an introduction for a  contemporary public discussion on genetic engineering.  Genetic engineering affects us all in many areas and we  must dare to think more colorful and further. In fact, the  complete genetic material of viruses and bacteria can  already be chemically produced and "brought to life". With  genetic surgery, medicine is at a crossroad do we want to  treat hereditary diseases or "repair" them genetically? And  the analysis of the genetic material of thousands of people  reveals information that is related to complex diseases,  but also to characteristics such as intelligence. How  should we use this knowledge? The question is hardly  whether we want genetic engineering, but rather how we use  it. This Springer essential is a translation of the  original German 1st edition essentials, Gentechnik by Röbbe  Wünschiers, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden  GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2019. The translation was  done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine  translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human  revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that  the book will read stylistically differently from a  conventional translation. Springer Nature works  continuously to further the development of tools for the  production of books and on the related technologies to  support the authors. The content How is the genetic  material read and what does the information say? Which  methods can be used to modify the genetic material and what  are the goals? Who owns genetic information and what can be  marketed and how? How does the environment affect the  genetic material? Do we want a liberalization of genetic  engineering as a civil science? The target groups All those  who would like to inform themselves about genetic  engineering even without previous knowledge. The Author  Röbbe Wünschiers holds a doctorate in plant physiology and  a habilitation in genetics. He researches and teaches as  professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the  University of Applied Sciences Mittweida/Germany.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1438234},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32403-2},
}