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. --
9780674241954 9780674241961
Gene editing--Moral and ethical aspects.
CRISPR (Genetics)
Genetic engineering--Risk assessment.
Medical ethics.
Electronic Books.
QH438 / .A484 2019
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. --
9780674241954 9780674241961
Gene editing--Moral and ethical aspects.
CRISPR (Genetics)
Genetic engineering--Risk assessment.
Medical ethics.
Electronic Books.
QH438 / .A484 2019