Engineering the Human Germline: An Exploration of the Science and Ethics of Altering the Genes We Pass to Our Children - Couverture rigide

 
9780195133028: Engineering the Human Germline: An Exploration of the Science and Ethics of Altering the Genes We Pass to Our Children
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ISBN 10 : 0195133021 ISBN 13 : 9780195133028
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2000

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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Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Revue de presse

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)

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195133021
ISBN 13 
9780195133028
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
192
Éditeur
Stock Gregory, Campbell John
Coordonnées du fabricant
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