What the heck are we doing cloning sheep? Is there any link between scientific experimentation and the outbreak of virulent new diseases such as AIDS and the Ebola virus? Aberdeen-educated zoologist Eric S. Grace of Victoria has provided a historical layman's guide to the promises and realities of 'biotechnology' in Biotechnology Unzipped (Trifolium $18.95). He has written the text for picture book, The Nature of Monarch Butterlies (Greystone $32.50). Biotech 1-895579-45-7; Monarch 1-55054-570-1.

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