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

By: Baylis, Françoise, 1961- [author.].
Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, ©2019Description: 287p.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780674976719.Subject(s): Gene editing -- Moral and ethical aspects | CRISPR (Genetics) | Genetic engineering -- Risk assessment | Medical ethicsGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
From somatic cell to germline genome editing -- Babies by design -- From "well" to "better than well" -- Ethics in the interim -- Of harms and wrongs -- Slow science -- Scientists and science policy -- Ethicists and science policy -- "All of us" for "us all" -- It's 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.--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

From somatic cell to germline genome editing -- Babies by design -- From "well" to "better than well" -- Ethics in the interim -- Of harms and wrongs -- Slow science -- Scientists and science policy -- Ethicists and science policy -- "All of us" for "us all" -- It's a new dawn.

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.--

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