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Engineering the Human Germline

An Exploration of the Science and Ethics of Altering the Genes We Pass to Our Children

Format: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York, United States
Published: 17th Feb 2000
Dimensions: w 156mm h 234mm d 13mm
Weight: 444g
ISBN-10: 0195133021
ISBN-13: 9780195133028
Barcode No: 9780195133028
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Synopsis
This book explores the many prospects, challenges and ethical questions of engineering our reproductive cells. It is an accessible, three-part examination, moving from focused, realistic assessments of the possibilities and problems for this advancing technology to a section of short essays on the implications of our technological ability by practicing ethicists, lawyers, theologians, public policy workers, and scientists. Also included in this exploration is a panel discussion in which leading scientists, ethicists, and public policy workers give voice to their thoughts and concerns regarding our impending genetic technologies. Many of the world leaders in these fields: Leroy Hood, French Anderson, Mario Capecchi, Daniel Koshland, Michael Rose, Lee Silver, and James Watson, have contributed to this volume, providing the tools needed to debate the subject of germline engineering. If you have ever pondered the question: "Would I be willing to genetically alter my own child-to-be, given a safe, reliable technology, offering a tempting possibility?", this book will be an indispensable guide in that quest.

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The book should be commended for bringing to the fore the possibilityof germline manipulation within the next decade * New Genetics & Society * ...interesting reading. * Heredity * The participants, mostly drawn from Us academic institutions, fall into three categories: eminent practising scientists; panelists, including James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA; and commentators- scientists, ethcicists and theologians * Nature *