Altered Inheritance : : CRISPR and the Ethics of Human Genome Editing / / Françoise Baylis.
With the advent of CRISPR gene-editing technology, designer babies have become a reality. Françoise Baylis insists that scientists alone cannot decide the terms of this new era in human evolution. Members of the public, with diverse interests and perspectives, must have a role in determining our fut...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. Targeting a Single Gene: Huntington’s Disease -- 2. From Editing a Genome to Altering Inheritance -- 3. Babies by Design -- 4. From “Well” to “Better than Well” -- 5. Ethics in the Interim -- 6. Of Harms and Wrongs -- 7. Slow Science -- 8. Scientists, Science Policy, and Politics -- 9. Ethicists, Science Policy, and Politics -- 10. “All of Us” for “Us All” -- Epilogue: A New Dawn -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Summary: | With the advent of CRISPR gene-editing technology, designer babies have become a reality. Françoise Baylis insists that scientists alone cannot decide the terms of this new era in human evolution. Members of the public, with diverse interests and perspectives, must have a role in determining our future as a species. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674241954 9783110652031 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674241954 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Françoise Baylis. |