New Release: Vedanta and Biotechnology-Bioethical Perspectives

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New Release: Vedanta and Biotechnology-Bioethical Perspectives

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BhaktiVedanta INSTITUTE

Promoting a Dialogue between Science and Spirituality

 

*Vedanta and Biotechnology: Bioethical Perspectives** *

 

Dear Friends,

 

Greetings from Bhaktivedanta Institute, Kolkata.

 

We are delighted to inform you about the release of our new book Vedanta and

Biotechnology - Bioethical Perspectives.

 

Today, at the turn of the 21st century, genetic revolution has transformed

the nature of our biological research and it is opening a new and

unprecedented progress in various disciplines of life sciences.

However, while the transformative potential of biotechnology has acquired an

unbelievable eminence in biology and medicine, it has, perhaps, more than

any other area of scientific and technological research, raised some of the

most profound bioethical questions that humanity has ever faced.

 

With serious implications for our health, the environment, the future of

agriculture, the relationship between human societies and the rest of the

nature, and the meaning and purpose of life, these genetic technologies have

aroused worldwide attention. Fields such as stem research, cloning,

euthanasia, abortion, gene therapy and so on have already become the

subjects of heated public debate.

 

Touching the latest biotechnologies from cloning to highly debatable stem

cell research, the author, Dr. T. D. Singh, in this volume, summarizes the

biotechnological revolutions, reviews some of the important bioethical

questions raised by them and seeks possible guidance from Vedanta, the

topmost scientific and philosophical treatise of Indian spiritual and

cultural heritage to help resolve some of these issues.

 

We hope these words by Dr. Singh, who himself witnessed biotechnological

revolution in the last few decades, will provide stimulating insights into

what has now become one of the most extraordinarily revealing arena of our

times.

 

To procure a copy(ies) of this book, kindly contact the Bhaktivedanta

Institute.

 

 

With kind regards,

 

Yours Sincerely,

Bhaktivedanta Institute

 

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*Vedanta and Biotechnology: Bioethical Perspectives** *

 

Dr. T. D. Singh

 

pp.72, Rs.95/US$5, ISBN: 81-89635-12-3

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