Genetic engineering via transgenics and cloning: prospects, value and environmental impact
by Karl M. Ebert, Lawrence J. Wangh
Interdisciplinary Environmental Review (IER), Vol. 1, No. 1, 1999

Abstract: Transgenic manipulation of living plants and animals is one of the new technologies that will be employed in the 21st Century to improve the efficiency of food production, as well as the synthesis of medically and socially valuable biological products. While the technologies for creating transgenic plants and animals are now in the early testing stage, it is already possible to imagine creation of seed plants that produce important proteins, new breeds of pigs and fish that grow faster, are leaner, and require less grain and goats or cows that produce human insulin for treating diabetes, or antibodies for fighting cancer. The list of such products is already very long and is expected to grow rapidly as the technology for producing transgenic plants and animals improves.

Online publication date: Mon, 13-May-2013

The full text of this article is only available to individual subscribers or to users at subscribing institutions.

 
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.

Pay per view:
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.

Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the Interdisciplinary Environmental Review (IER):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:

Username:        Password:          Forgotten your password?

Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.

If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com