The gene machine :
Rochman, Bonnie, 1972-
The gene machine : how genetic technologies are changing the way we have kids--and the kids we have / Bonnie Rochman - First edition - 2017. - 272 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
How the Jews beat Tay-Sachs (carrier screening) -- Rewriting a family's history of cancer (preimplantation diagnosis) -- The other scarlet A (abortion) -- Silencing a gene (the future of Down syndrome) -- What do parents want to know? (variants of unknown significance) -- Do you have a right to an open future? (return of results) -- How to hunt a zebra (rare disease) -- The genie in the bottle (universal sequencing)
"A researched exploration of the promises and vulnerabilities of having children in an age of genetic tests and interventions considers key scientific, technological and political factors while sharing the stories of men and women struggling to understand the range of the tests and their revelations,"--NoveList
9780374160784
2016035006
Genetic Engineering--trends.
Genetic Testing--methods.
Genetic Diseases, Inborn--prevention & control.
Medical genetics
Medical genetics--Moral and ethical aspects
Human genetics--Moral and ethical aspects
Genetic engineering
Print books.
RB155 / .R63 2017
The gene machine : how genetic technologies are changing the way we have kids--and the kids we have / Bonnie Rochman - First edition - 2017. - 272 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
How the Jews beat Tay-Sachs (carrier screening) -- Rewriting a family's history of cancer (preimplantation diagnosis) -- The other scarlet A (abortion) -- Silencing a gene (the future of Down syndrome) -- What do parents want to know? (variants of unknown significance) -- Do you have a right to an open future? (return of results) -- How to hunt a zebra (rare disease) -- The genie in the bottle (universal sequencing)
"A researched exploration of the promises and vulnerabilities of having children in an age of genetic tests and interventions considers key scientific, technological and political factors while sharing the stories of men and women struggling to understand the range of the tests and their revelations,"--NoveList
9780374160784
2016035006
Genetic Engineering--trends.
Genetic Testing--methods.
Genetic Diseases, Inborn--prevention & control.
Medical genetics
Medical genetics--Moral and ethical aspects
Human genetics--Moral and ethical aspects
Genetic engineering
Print books.
RB155 / .R63 2017