Beyond Biotechnology: The Barren Promise of Genetic Engineering

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“Activity Patterns and Rates of Movement of Two-Toed and ThreeToed Sloths (Choloepus hoffmanni and Bradypus infuscatus)” (Montgomery and Sunquist), 134, 243 “Adaptations for Suspensory Behavior in the Limbs of Two-Toed Sloths” (Mendel), 135, 145, 239 agility of sloth, 145–46 Agrobacterium sp. (strain CP4), 46 Agrobacterium tumefaciens, 46 AI. See artificial intelligence (AI) Aiello, Annette, 134, 231 Al-Babili, S., 17, 244 alienation, 171–72 Alliance for Biointegrity, 52, 231 Altieri, Miguel A., 31, 231 American Association for the Advancement of Science, 31 Amrine, Frederick, 205, 231 Andrews, Lori, 48n, 231 Andrews, M., 29, 240 “An Ecological Conversation with Nature” (Talbott), 207, 243 anemia: iron-deficiency, 38; sickle-cell, 80 Angier, Natalie, 73, 231 animism, primitive, 171–75 Anson, B. J., 126, 231 antibiotic resistance, 47–48, 60, 62–63 archetypal phenomena, 226–28 Aristotle, 187 artificial intelligence (AI), 97 “Artificial Intelligence Meets Natural Stupidity”(McDermott), 107, 239 Augustin, J., 51, 240 Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, 50 bacteria: antibiotic resistance, 60, 62; cholera, 36, 62; contextual gene in, 60; digestion in rumen of cow, 115; disease outbreaks from agriculture, 32; DNA sequence, 45, 72; E. coli, 61–62; gene, 45, 61; genes transferred from, 59, 63; genes transferred to, 47, 63; genetically engineered, 7, 49, 63, 118; mastitis of cow’s udder, 118; mutation and environment, 60–61, 102; radiation treatment, 43 balance of sloth, 143–45 Baltimore, D., 66, 73, 233 Bangladesh farming practice, 19 Barfield, Owen, 158, 164n, 178n, 199, 223, 231 Beaber, J., 63, 231 Beadle, G. W., 65, 243 Beck, Martha, 93, 231 Beebe, William, 140, 142–44, 148, 151, 231 Being on Earth: Practice in Tending the Appearances (Maier), 180–81, 238 Beirer, T., 21, 234 Benbrook, Charles, 8–10, 34, 231 Benzer, Seymour, 65, 232 Berg, O. G., 60, 232 Berg, P., 66, 242 Best, R. C., 148, 244 beta-carotene, 7, 17, 21–22, 25–27 index Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. 248 • Index Beurton, Peter J., 67, 232 Bialy, H., 117, 232 biological pest control, 11 biotechnology: agricultural, 5; agriculture, efficiency of, 25–26; benefits, proposed, 16; chimeralike prodigies, 4; environment and, 8–10; food production, enhancing, 28, 30–31, 35; patent opportunities, 15; regulators support, 52. See also genetic engineering Bio/Technology, 117 Biotechnology Industry Organization, 4 Bjedov, I., 61, 232 Björkman, J., 60, 232 blank mind, 159–61, 166, 169, 181, 183, 190 body temperature of sloth, 137–39, 149–50 Bohm, David, 167, 232, viii Bohner, Hurst, 34, 232 Bolstein, D., 79–80, 241 “Book of Life,” 73, 99–100 Borlaug, Norman, 30 Bortoft, Henri, 133n, 151, 196, 211, 232 Botstein, David, 79 Boulben, S., 10, 239 Bourlière, François, 138, 232 bovine growth hormone (rBGH), 7 Brady, Ronald, 180–81, 196, 232, 238 Bradypus (three-toed sloth), 134–35, 135, 138–39, 141, 182 Britton, W. S., 141, 232 Brooks, Rodney, 87 brown rice, 20–21, 26–27 Bruecher, Heinz, 20, 232 Brunner, E., 119, 239 Brust, D., 24, 241 BSE. See mad cow disease (BSE) Bt (Bt delta endotoxin): corn, 7, 9, 11, 51; cotton, 8–9; pesticide and pest resistance, 9 Bull, H. J., 62, 236 Bull, James, 61, 137, 232 Burian, Richard M., 68, 232 Byrne, David, 53 Cabib, S., 80, 233 Caenorhabditis elegans, 102 Cahill, J. F., 208, 233 Calgene, 45, 47 Callaerts, P., 76, 236 Campaign, The, 55n Campbell, John, 81–82, 243 Campbell, P., 50, 240 canola, 33 “Can We Transcend Computation?” (Talbott), 243 Carlson, S., 29, 240 Carriere, Y., 35, 243 Cartesian habits of thought, 178n Casper, B. B., 208, 233 Castelli, J. P., 208, 233 cauliflower mosaic virus, 46 cause and effect, 12, 185, 188–89 Cellini, F., 50, 233 Center for Food Safety, 55n Central Dogma of Molecular Biology, 100–101, 103 Centre for Environment and Society, 32 Century of the Gene, The (Fox Keller), 87, 237 Chaggar, S., 17, 240 chaperon proteins, 101 Chekhov, Michael, 198 Chen, H. R., 13, 245 Chesson, A., 50, 233 chimera-like prodigies, 4 cholera bacteria, 36, 62 Choloepus (two-toed sloth), 134, 140, 142, 145 Clamp, Michele, 75 closed genes, 68 closed system, 185 Code of Federal Regulations, 42, 233 co-evolution of rice and people, 26 Cohen, J., 64, 240 Collins, Francis, 73 Colorado potato beetle, 8 Colquhoun, I., 50, 233 Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), 56 Index • 249 Confucius, 20–21 consciousness, 159n, 177–79 contextual gene, 60 conversation...