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Author:

Baylis, Françoise, 1961- author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

287 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue -- 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.

Summary:

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

ISBN:

0674976711
9780674976719

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1089982512

LCCN:

2019009524

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)