Chips, Clones, and Living Beyond 100: How Far Will the Biosciences Take Us?

Paul J. H. Schoemaker, Joyce A. Schoemaker

FT Press, Sep 8, 2009 - Science - 240 pages

The key scientific discoveries of the 21st century will emerge from the biosciences. These discoveries will impact our lives in ways we can only now begin to imagine. In this book, two of the field's leading experts help us imagine those impacts. Paul and Joyce A. Schoemaker tour the remarkable field of biosciences as it stands today, and preview the directions and innovations that are most likely to emerge in the coming years. They offer a clear, non-technical overview of crucial current developments that are likely to have enormous impact, and address issues ranging from increased human longevity to global warming, bio-warfare to personalized medicine. Along the way, they illuminate each of the exciting technologies and hot-button issues associated with contemporary biotechnology - including stem cells, cloning, probiotics, DNA microarrays, proteomics, gene therapy, and a whole lot more. The Schoemakers identify emerging economic, political, and technical drivers and obstacles that are likely to powerfully impact the way the biosciences progress. Then, drawing on Paul Schoemaker's unsurpassed experience helping global organizations prepare for the future, the authors sketch multiple long-term scenarios for the biosciences - and reveal how they will impact your health, family, career, society, even the Earth itself.

Contents

• Chapter 2 A short history of biomedicine: 21
• Chapter 3 Snapshot of the biosciences: 35
• Chapter 4 Biodriven convergence: 57
• Chapter 5 The business of biomedicine: 79
• Chapter 6 Healthcare under stress: 101
• Chapter 7 Wildcards for the future: 125
• Chapter 8 Scenarios up to 2025: 143
• Chapter 9 What it all means: 163
• DNA RNA and protein: 177
• Cloning genes: 183
• Complexity of the genome: 187
• Glossary of Biomedical Terms: 191
• Acknowledgments: 199
• About the Authors: 201
• Index: 203

About the author

Paul J. H. Schoemaker, Ph.D. is Research Director of the Mack Center for Technological Innovation at The Wharton School, where he teaches strategy and decision making. Dr. Schoemaker is also the founder and chairman of Decision Strategies International, Inc., a consulting and training firm specializing in strategic planning and executive development. He has written more than 100 academic and applied papers as well as coauthored numerous books, including Decision Traps, Wharton on Managing Emerging Technologies, Winning Decisions, Profiting from Uncertainty, and Peripheral Vision. He serves on multiple boards.

Joyce A. Schoemaker, Ph.D. has conducted basic research in microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Chicago and taught microbiology at Villanova University. She has held positions in research and management at several biotechnology companies, including Celltech in London, and has published numerous scientific articles in biology. She is coauthor of Healthy Homes, Healthy Kids: Protecting Your Children From Everyday Environmental Hazards. Dr. Schoemaker has a long-standing interest in environmental issues as well as the emerging biosciences.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Chips, Clones, and Living Beyond 100: How Far Will the Biosciences Take Us?; FT Press Science
• Authors: Paul J. H. Schoemaker, Joyce A. Schoemaker
• Publisher: FT Press, 2009
• ISBN: 0137043465, 9780137043460
• Length: 240 pages
• Subjects: Science / General; Science / Life Sciences / Biology