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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
FROM WOODEN TOES TO BIOBOTS 4
1
IF A SALAMANDER CAN
GROW A NEW LEG, WHY CAN’T I? 7
2
ORGANS MADE TO ORDER 18
3
BRAINPOWER 32
4
EDITING THE HUMAN GENOME 44
5
SHINING A LIGHT ON NEUROSCIENCE 54
6
DESIGNER BACTERIA 65
7
CAREERS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 74
GLOSSARY 82
SOURCE NOTES 86
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 90
FURTHER INFORMATION 91
INDEX 93
