This updated text explains how advances in mammalian and plant genetics contribute to better therapeutics agents and more wholesome foods. It addresses such topics as new pharmaceutical agents, agribiotechnology, safety evaluation of biotechnology-derived drugs, food safety, nutritional science, and regulatory and environmental aspects of genetically-modified organisms. New to this edition are chapters on biotherapeutics and herbicide-resistant crops. It should be of interest to biotechnology, toxicologists, pharmaceutical scientists, environmental scientists and agriculturists.

About the Author
John A. Thomas, Ph.D., is Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is the author of over a dozen textbooks and research monographs, including Endocrine Toxicology, Second Edition (Taylor and Francis, 1996). The author of nearly 400 scientific articles in the area of endocrine pharmacology, reproductive toxicology, and drug interactions, Professor Thomas is a well-recognized authority on how drugs and chemicals perturb the endocrine system. He serves on several editorial boards of biomedical journals and is very active among many national and international scientific societies.


Book Information
ISBN 9780367455743
Author J A Thomas
Format Paperback
Page Count 637
Imprint CRC Press
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 640g