{"product_id":"golden-rice-9781421433035","title":"Golden Rice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first book to tell the shocking story of Golden Rice, a genetically modified grain that provides essential Vitamin A and can save lives in developing countriesif only they were allowed to grow it.   Ordinary white rice is nutrient poor; it consists of carbohydrates and little else. About one million people who subsist on rice become blind or die each year from vitamin A deficiency. Golden Rice, which was developed in the hopes of combatting that problem by a team of European scientists in the late '90s, was genetically modified to provide an essential nutrient that white rice lacks: beta-carotene, which is converted into vitamin A in the body. But twenty years later, this potentially sight- and life-saving miracle food still has not reached the populations most in needand tens of millions of people in India, China, Bangladesh, and throughout South and Southeast Asia have gone blind or have died waiting. Supporters claim that the twenty-year delay in Golden Rice's introduction is an\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGolden Rice\u003c\/i\u003e is a thoughtful and carefully documented tale of how difficult it can be to take something that works in the laboratory and get it to the people who stand to benefit from it.\u003cbr\u003e—Andrew J. Wight, \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn just over 200 pages, Regis gives a crash course on genetic engineering and explains the messy history of Golden Rice, disabusing the reader of many popular myths along the way.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Genetic Literacy Project\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Child Killer \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Proof of Concept\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. GR 0.5 and Beyond\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Protocol\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. What Is a GMO?\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Safe to Eat?\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Golden Rice 2\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Better Than Spinach\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The Mistake\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. The \"Crime against Humanity\"\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. The Approvals\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue. The Proactionary Principle\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eAppendix. L'affaire Schubert\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408132776279,"sku":"9781421433035","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421433035.jpg?v=1730501704","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/golden-rice-9781421433035","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}