Bioscience and Biotechnology

Author: Xiaolin
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book emphasizes the popularization of scientific content, knowledge, and systematic organization, complemented by illustrations. It can serve as a resource for senior citizens and parents to understand and choose life science majors, as well as for lower-division life science students as supplementary learning material and for individuals in society who wish to learn about life sciences. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 introduces the history, development, and current state of life science-related fields, professional directions and characteristics, professional status and applications, cutting-edge areas and new technologies, renowned figures and major achievements, and an overview of professional knowledge. It also provides special introductions on hot topics in life sciences, such as the magic of genes, the mysteries of weight loss, molecular killers, and new genes of the HIV virus. At the end of the book, there are admissions materials from 10 key universities in China and the undergraduate program training objectives stipulated by the Ministry of Education.