Das erfolgreiche Werk verbindet in der aktuellen siebten Auflage nun die beiden Aspekte des biotechnischen Fortschritts, die bisher nur jeweils einzeln in den Bestsellern "Principles of Gene Manipulation" und "Principles of Genome Analysis & Genomics" dargestellt wurden.

Sandy Primrose was an academic for 10 years and a senior manager in the biotechnology industry for 20 years. He now manages a consultancy practice focused on technology management.

Richard Twyman worked as a research scientist at the University of Warwick and at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge before taking up scientific writing as a full time occupation in 1998. He is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Department of Biology, University of York, and a freelance scientific writer and teacher.