genetic engineering

Explores the scientific principles and ethical issues of genetic engineering.

When their plane crashes over the Pacific Ocean, three science students are left stranded on a tropical island and then imprisoned by a doctorwho is performing horrifying experiments on humans involving the transfer of animal genes.

At Jurassic Park, Drs. Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler learn the extent of the genetic manipulation that has occurred to create the park's dinosaur inhabitants and fear that Hammond and his scientists may have been reckless in their revival of certain, particularly deadly, species of dinosaurs.

After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "birdkids, " who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.

The lives of five typical teens, Hunter, Cody, Gene, Tina, and Kyrie, change forever when they are contacted by Subject Seven, the alter ego living inside a fifteen-year-old boy, who informs them they are part of an experiment designed by a private corporation to create military weapons by housing deadly sleeper assassins in the bodies of teenagers.

Presents various articles that discuss the effects of genetic engineering on society, the food supply and agriculture, the morality of genetically engineering human beings, and how genetic engineering should be regulated.

Relates the adventures of two creatures which have escaped from a secret, sinister government laboratory where experiments in genetic engineering are conducted.

After modern science turns every human into a genetic time bomb with men dying at age twenty-five and women dying at age twenty, teenaged Rhine finds hope for a brighter future from a surprising source.

Fifteen-year-old Freedom Smith is a fighter, just like all of his relatives who have the "Hercules gene, " which leads him to a choice between being jailed for attempted murder or working with a covert law enforcement agency to break up a mysterious, illegal fight ring.

Discusses the discovery and application of genetic engineering, covering fields it has influenced, such as medicine and agriculture, and examines debates about cloning.