Animal Biotechnology : Science-Based Concerns

Genetic-based animal biotechnology has produced new food and pharmaceutical products and promises many more advances to benefit humankind. These exciting prospects are accompanied by considerable unease, however, about matters such as safety and ethics. This book identifies science-based and policy-related concerns about animal biotechnology - key issues that must be resolved before the new breakthroughs can reach their potential. The book includes a short history of the field and provides understandable definitions of terms like cloning. Looking at technologies on the near horizon, the authors discuss what we know and what we fear about their effects - the inadvertent release of dangerous microorganisms, the safety of products derived from biotechnology, the impact of genetically engineered animals on their environment. In addition to these concerns, the book explores animal welfare concerns, and our societal and institutional capacity to manage and regulate the technology and its products. This accessible volume will be important to everyone interested in the implications of the use of animal biotechnology. This Book Identifies Science-based And Policy-related Concerns About Animal Biotechnology That Must Be Resolved Before Breakthroughs In Genetic-based Animal Biotechnology Can Reach Their Potential. After A Short History Of The Field And Definitions Of Terms, The Book Describes What Is Known And What Is Feared About Emerging Technologies And Questions Related To The Inadvertent Release Of Dangerous Microorganisms, The Safety Of Products Derived From Biotechnology, And The Impact Of Genetically Engineered Animals On Their Environment. There Is Also Discussion Of Animal Welfare Concerns And Society's Capacity To Regulate And Manage Technology. 1. Introduction -- 2. Applications Of Biotechnology Techniques -- 3. Animals Engineered For Human Health Purposes -- 4. Food Safety Concerns -- 5. Environmental Concerns -- 6. Animal Health And Welfare -- 7. Concerns Related To Scientific Uncertainty, Policy Context, Institutional Capacity, And Social Implications. Committee On Defining Science-based Concerns Associated With Products Of Animal Biotechnology, Committee On Agricultural Biotechnology, Health, And The Environment, Board On Agriculture And Natural Resources, Board On Life Sciences, Division On Earth And Life Studies. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 122-148) And Index. Also Available Via The Internet, As Viewed November 19, 2002. Genetic-based animal biotechnology has produced new food and pharmaceutical products and promises many more advances to benefit humankind. These exciting prospects are accompanied by considerable unease, however, about matters such as safety and ethics. Animal Biotechnology identifies science-based and policy-related concerns about animal biotechnology -- key issues that must be resolved before the new breakthroughs can reach their potential. The book includes a short history of the field and provides understandable definitions of terms like "cloning." Looking at technologies on the near horizon, the authors discuss what we know and what we fear about their effects -- the inadvertent release of dangerous microorganisms, the safety of products derived from biotechnology, or the impact of genetically engineered animals on their environment. In addition to these concerns, the book explores animal welfare concerns, and our societal and institutional capacity to manage and regulate the technology and its products. This accessible volume will be important to everyone interested in the implications of the use of animal biotechnology

Genetic-based animal biotechnology has produced new food and pharmaceutical products and promises many more advances to benefit humankind. These exciting prospects are accompanied by considerable unease, however, about matters such as safety and ethics. This book identifies science-based and policy-related concerns about animal biotechnology?key issues that must be resolved before the new breakthroughs can reach their potential.

The book includes a short history of the field and provides understandable definitions of terms like cloning. Looking at technologies on the near horizon, the authors discuss what we know and what we fear about their effects?the inadvertent release of dangerous microorganisms, the safety of products derived from biotechnology, the impact of genetically engineered animals on their environment. In addition to these concerns, the book explores animal welfare concerns, and our societal and institutional capacity to manage and regulate the technology and its products. This accessible volume will be important to everyone interested in the implications of the use of animal biotechnology.