Ergebnis für "DNA" in Science Fiction

In DNA, Ell’s five-year-old son Zage has become interested in the effects of certain genes on obesity. He’s obtained permission to do research in a university lab where he hopes to test some of his ideas. Work is being done to evaluate the possibility of terraforming the planet Mars by using Ell’s port technology to bring in water, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen from various other worlds in the solar system.

From the acclaimed author of The Troop—a book that is “utterly terrifying” (Clive Barker). “Fans of unflinching bleakness and all-out horror will love this novel….Each new shock is freshly disturbing” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). A strange plague called the ‘Gets is...

REMEMBER ME WHEN THE COMET COMES... On the day the comet came, a girl named Heloise was born. She would live a fine life, and inherit a fortune, but would meet a cruel, untimely death. Years later, strange dreams plague Katya Nemcová, a teenager burdened with a rare and curious gift. Memories...

Ich weiß, dass ich ein Verlier bin...Einer jener Menschen, die nach viel streben, nichts erreichen und nie wissen, worum es wirklich geht...

When scientist Kate Larkin joins a secretive project to re-engineer the climate by resurrecting extinct species, she becomes enmeshed in another, even more clandestine program to recreate our long-lost relatives, the Neanderthals. But when the first of the children, a girl called Eve, is born...

Lee Urban is living a lie. In a society where everyone's DNA determines their destiny, being a Natural means automatic relegation to the gritty and dangerous Outskirts. With the harnessed power of gene-editing, the ability to create a super-human race has transformed the world and offered the...

The Pickett family rises from extreme generational poverty to play a crucial part in the growth of the human race. Over the span of generations, and the course of centuries, the family saves humanity from an alien invasion, works to reverse global warming, and prevents the extinction of the human race at the edge of the known galaxy. But, yes, before all that they were in the ... um ... klan for several generations. They dropped the racism and joined the human race. Come join us for one of the longest, weirdest multi-generational redemption arcs known to mankind.

In near-future Baltimore, scientific breakthroughs in genetic engineering promise to cure the incurable. But these new technologies are not without a dark side. Powerful criminal organizations thrive on peddling illicit genetic wares, waging an underground war unlike any the city has ever seen.

Only people with specific genes will be chosen to survive! Book six of the science fiction mystery series. A geneticist finds viable ancient DNA and makes a startling discovery. Ex-CIA operative and geophysicist Alex Cave is the only person trusted by an alien visitor here to save some of humanity, but he must somehow convince her to save us all. Find out what happens by grabbing your copy now!

Thanks to a hair-raising rescue by James Woods in the first book of the Do Not Assume trilogy, Nicoleta has stayed ahead of her genetic history. But now, she and James must think about more than themselves. Smuggling Nicoleta's half-siblings out of Romania and into the United States isn't going to be easy, but the innocent must be protected and hidden from those who would want to use them.

Anna and John are busy planning their wedding when they get a disturbing message from George. His pilot has discovered another corporate jet sitting at the airport in Oneida, Tennessee. The plane belongs to Foxborough Medical Industries. John Calvin Foxborough is on board.

What have Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, an Englishman's cure for a viral pandemic, and a serial killer in Sydney, Australia got in common? A convergence of events in the middle of the 21st century leads to violence and chaos across the planet.

A smart debut novel—a wonderfully engaging infusion of Lab Girl, The Assistants, and Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine—that pits the ambition of scientific discovery against the siren call of love. How does smell work? Specifically, how do olfactory sensory neurons project to their targets...

In 2059, every person’s DNA is recorded in the Genome Database. Even though Annette’s perfect baby girl was the product of a one-night stand, she knows the database will give her the name of the sexy stranger who fathered her child. Instead, her baby’s DNA matches that of a man she’s never met who died several years ago.

★★★★★ ‘Enemies-to-lovers, fake dating, forced proximity, arranged marriage... in a dystopian setting with gripping political intrigue. [It] will keep you on the edge of your seat!’ ~ Reader review **DELUXE EDITION featuring stenciled edges plus foil and embossed cover effects.**...

Seventeen-year-old Julie from Southern California meets Seth, a human from another world, and her life is flipped upside-down. Seth looks every inch the average Earthling, but the life of this other-world, rock-star royal is anything but. Their meeting sets off a chain of events that sends them around the globe and hurtling across the Milky Way at light speed. Between desperate rescues and facing down evil aliens, Julie must correct a galactic injustice that could forever change the future of humanity.

Chis Morgan is a talented genetic engineer with a complicated past. Dr. Robin Haynes is helping him move forward and make amends for his transgressions by developing a revolutionary gene therapy to help countless others. It doesn’t take long for him to believe that he has managed to rise above the criminal world of illegal biotechnology. Or so he thinks.... While treating a patient, Robin discovers a dangerous pathogen long-since thought to be eradicated. Her investigations lead to a startling and terrifying revelation.

In near-future Baltimore, scientific breakthroughs in genetic engineering promise to cure the incurable. But these new technologies are not without a dark side. Powerful criminal organizations thrive on peddling illicit genetic wares, waging an underground war unlike any the city has ever seen. Their numbers are growing, and their very existence threatens the stability of the city and the future of biotechnology.

Exoterrestrials make first contact with humans, but surprisingly they didn't show up to enslave the human race. But they didn't drop by to make friends either. In fact, they're only here for Sharp. The first sentient artificial life form created on Earth. It turns out subjugating a juvenile artificial entity into spamming twitter and reddit with ads and tracking online behavior for marketing purposes is a violation of the Consortium's ethics code. This particular human error is worthy of breaking the universal mandated silent treatment. But even if our local galaxy republic has determined ...

All was well for Martin Reed, a 20-year-old PhD biologist, until one day, he came across a gene sequence that seemed unusual, out of place. With the help of his girlfriend, Helen, Martin began exploring this mystery sequence. Buried in the deep secrets of our DNA lies a set of instructions on how to build a protein molecule. With these instructions, a learned person could create the very essence of what we know as life. Each day brought more detail and further “instructions”. Martin would soon conclude a very simple fact - we are not alone.