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Quintyn PH D, Conrad B

 
9781480899193: The New Eugenics: Modifying Biological Life in the Twenty-first Century
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ISBN 10 : 1480899194 ISBN 13 : 9781480899193
Editeur : Archway Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

The specter of early twentieth-century eugenics-with its goal of preventing the "unfit" from reproducing through forced sterilization-still haunts us in this era of genetic engineering.

Conrad B. Quintyn, an associate professor of biological anthropology at Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, calls this the new eugenics era because geneticists have begun to explore ways to prevent and repair defective genes in all humans.

In this book, he considers whether genetic engineering will exacerbate social injustices and/or lead to a public safety issue.

For instance, in 2012, virologists in the U.S. and the Netherlands genetically engineered avian (bird) flu to be more transmissible between mammals. These scientists argued that virus transmission between mammals enables us to make vaccines to prevent pandemics. They never considered what would happen if the virus accidentally escaped the laboratory.

Meanwhile, some scientists are experimenting with "designer babies," altering genes to remove diseases and even programming certain traits.

Join the author as he considers whether scientists are playing God as well as the risks we face by altering genetics in The New Eugenics.

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À propos de l'auteur

Conrad B. Quintyn is an associate professor of biological anthropology at Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. He earned a B.A. from Baylor University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He taught at Iowa State University and was a biological anthropologist for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency located on Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii. His interests include forensic anthropology, worldwide postcranial variation, evolutionary biology, genetic engineering, medical genetics, the problem of species, and the evolution of human diseases.

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Éditeur
Archway Publishing
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1480899194
ISBN 13 
9781480899193
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
424
Coordonnées du fabricant
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