Altered inheritance : CRISPR and the ethics of human genome editing /

Baylis, Françoise, 1961-

Altered inheritance : CRISPR and the ethics of human genome editing / Françoise Baylis. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (287 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

Targeting a single gene : Huntington's Disease -- From editing a genome to altering inheritance -- Babies by design -- From "well" to "better than well" -- Ethics in the interim -- Of harms and wrongs -- Slow science -- Scientists, science policy, and politics -- Ethicists, science policy, and politics -- "All of us" for "us all" -- Epilogue : A new dawn.

With the advent of CRISPR gene-editing technology, designer babies have become a reality. The author insists that scientists alone cannot decide the terms of this changing era in human evolution. Members of the public, with diverse interests and perspectives, must have a role in determining our future as a species. --



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Gene editing--Moral and ethical aspects.
CRISPR (Genetics)
Genetic engineering--Risk assessment.
Medical ethics.


Electronic Books.

QH438 / .A484 2019