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6) Cloning
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history of cloning, its possible applications, and some of the controversy surrounding it.
7) Gene therapy
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history of genetics, how knowledge of genes has been developed to treat illnesses, and ethical issues related to gene therapy.
8) Germs
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Describes different kinds of microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, and algae, and both their harmful and beneficial effects, as well as efforts to prevent the harm that some germs cause.
9) Vaccines
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Discusses the impact of vaccines on diseases, their history and development, current challenges in the field, and future research.
12) Anesthetics
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
13) Chemotherapy
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Discusses the impact of chemotherapy as a treatment for cancer, its history and development, challenges it presents, and future research.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A "skillful, literate" (New York Times Book Review) biography of the persecuted genius who helped create the modern computer
To solve one of the great mathematical problems of his day, Alan Turing proposed an imaginary computer. Then, attempting to break a Nazi code during World War II, he successfully designed and built one, thus ensuring the Allied victory. Turing became a champion of artificial intelligence, but his work was cut short. As
...19) Stem cells
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Examines stem cells and the research that may one day be used to cure diseases and heal injuries.