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01720aam a2200325Ii 4500 001 897E5A18403511EB87AA299C42ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201217010015 008 190614s2020 nyuaf b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 164313308X 020 $a 9781643133089 040 $d SILO 050 4 $a QH438.7 $b .D39 2020 082 04 $a 576.5 $2 23 100 1 $a Davies, Kevin, $d 1960- $e author. 245 10 $a Editing humanity : $b the crispr revolution and the new era of genome editing / $c Kevin Davies. 250 $a First Pegasus Books cloth edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Pegasus Books, $c 2020. 300 $a xviii, 446 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 22 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a If our genes are, to a great extent, our destiny, then what would happen if mankind could engineer and alter the very essence of our DNA coding? Millions might be spared the devastating effects of hereditary disease or the challenges of disability, whether it was the pain of sickle-cell anemia to the ravages of Huntington's disease. But this power to "play God" also raises major ethical questions and poses threats for potential misuse. For decades, these questions have lived exclusively in the realm of science fiction, but as Kevin Davies powerfully reveals in his new book, this is all about to change. 650 0 $a CRISPR (Genetics) 650 0 $a Gene editing. 650 0 $a Genetics. 650 0 $a DNA. 941 $a 3 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409040412.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909063011.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20201217010415.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=897E5A18403511EB87AA299C42ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search