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McKinnell, Robert Gilmore was born on August 9, 1926 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of William Parks and Mary Catherine (Gilmore) McKinnell.
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After introducing students to the basic biological principles of cancer, this new updated edition of an established textbook progresses to the human dimensions of the disease by considering actual cases of cancer. Other chapters discuss cancer pathology, metastasis, carcinogenesis, genetics, oncogenes and tumor suppressors, epidemiology, and the biological basis of cancer treatment. Also included are an appendix with descriptions of common forms of cancer and a glossary. First Edition Pb (1998): 0-521-59695-5
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Cloning of Frogs, Mice, and Other Animals was first published as Cloning: A Biologist Reports in 1979 and was reissued under the present title in 1985. When cell biologist Robert McKinnell first wrote his layman's guide to cloning in 1979, no creature higher than a frog had been successfully cloned. In the years since then, scientific advances have made mammalian clones a reality -- cloned mice have been reported from laboratories using two different techniques. In this revised edition of Cloning: A Biologist Reports, McKinnell explains the process of mammalian cloning and discusses its importance as a research tool. The creation of genetically identical animals is enormously helpful in learning about medical problems such as cancer and aging, and in improving breeds of cattle and other domesticated animals. The reality of cloned mammals raises anew the issue of human cloning. McKinnell outlines the procedure as it would apply to humans and explores the ethical considerations involved. He argues that, although the creation of human clones may be technically possible, it is economically and socially impractical, and poses little threat to the world. McKinnell's aim in this book, as it was in the first edition, is to provide a clear explanation of the cloning procedure with the hope that accurate information will dispel the fear and mystery that surround it.
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Cloning was first published in 1985. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Cloning has become in recent years a subject of widespread speculation: the word is a source of fear and wonder, the concept a jumping-off point for the fantasies of cartoonists, film producers, and novelists. With this book, cell biologist Robert Gilmore McKinnell provides the first clear scientific explanation of the procedure for general readers. Cloning is best defined as the asexual reproduction of genetic duplicates. The word clone derives from the Greek word for a twig or a slip, and the first "cloners" were in fact horticulturalists. Early attempts to clone animals culminated in 1952 when biologists reported that they had produced frogs by transplanting genetic material from an embryonic body cell into an egg from which the nucleus had been removed. In this account, McKinnell traces the historical background of cloning and describes in detail the modern procedure used in the cloning of frogs—the highest animal thus far cloned. He emphasizes that the purpose of cloning is not to produce numerous frogs—or people—but rather to serve as a tool in biological research—to achieve greater understanding of cancer and aging, immunobiology and the differentiation of cells. McKinnell also deals with questions about potential mammalian clones and examines the social, ethical, and biological problems we face in our considerations about human cloning. He concludes that human clones are not necessary for research purposes and that the diversity achieved with sexual reproduction is far more desirable than the sameness of cloned creatures.
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McKinnell, Robert Gilmore was born on August 9, 1926 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of William Parks and Mary Catherine (Gilmore) McKinnell.
Bachelor in Naval Science, University Notre Dame, 1946. Bachelor of Arts Missouri, 1948. Bachelor of Science, Drury College, 1949.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Drury College, 1993. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1959.
Research associate Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, 1958-1961. Assistant professor biology Tulane University, New Orleans, 1961-1965, associate professor, 1965-1969, professor, 1969-1970. Professor zoology University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1970—1976, professor genetics and cell biology St. Paul, 1976—1999, professor emeritus, since 1999.
Visiting scientist Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, Texas, 1976. Guest department zoology University California, Berkeley, 1979. Royal Society guest research fellow Nuffield department pathology John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University, 1981-1982.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization visiting scientist Akademisch Ziekenhuis, Ghent, Belgium, 1984. Faculty research associate Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, 1988. Secretariat Third International Conference Differentiation, 1978.
Organizer, secretariat 6th International Conference on Pathology of Reptiles and Amphibians, 2001. Member amphibian committee Institute Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council, 1970-1973, member advisory council, 1974. Member panel genetic and cellular resources program National Institutes of Health, 1981-1982, special study section, Bethesda, 1990.
(After introducing students to the basic biological princi...)
(After introducing students to the basic biological princi...)
(After introducing students to the basic biological princi...)
(Cloning of Frogs, Mice, and Other Animals was first publi...)
( Cloning was first published in 1985. Minnesota Archive ...)
Served to Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1947, 51-53. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Linnean Society (London). Member American Association Cancer Research (emeritus), American Association Cancer Education (senior), American Institute Biological Sciences, Indian Society Development Biology (lifetime emeritus member), International Society Differentiation (Executive Committee, secretary-treasurer 1975-1992, president elect 1992-1994, president 1994-1996), Gown-in-Town Club, Sigma Xi.
Married Beverly WaltonKerr, January 24, 1964. Children: Nancy Elizabeth, Robert Gilmore, Susan Kerr.