As gods : a moral history of the genetic age / Matthew Cobb.
By: Cobb, Matthew [author.].
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, ©2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First US edition.Description: 442 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781541602854; 1541602854.Uniform titles: Genetic age Subject(s): Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects | Genetic engineering -- History | Bioethics | Genetic Engineering -- history | Genetic Engineering -- ethics | Bioethical Issues | SCIENCE / History | Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects | GeneticsGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | QH442 .C63 2022 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000019900 |
"Originally published in 2022 by Profile Books Ltd. in Great Britain"--Title page verso
Profile Books edition published with the title: The genetic age : our perilous quest to edit life.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 1. Prelude -- 2. Tools -- 3. Biohazards -- 4. Asilomar -- 5. Politics -- 6. Business -- 7. Bio-riches -- 8. Frankenfood -- 9. Suspicion -- 10. Therapy -- 11. Editing -- 12. #CRISPRbabies -- 13. Aftermath -- 14. Ecocide -- 15. Weapons -- 16. Gods? -- 17. Perspective.
"The thrilling and terrifying history of genetic engineering. In 2018, scientists manipulated the DNA of human babies for the first time. As biologist and historian Matthew Cobb shows in As Gods, this achievement was one many scientists have feared from the start of the genetic age. Four times in the last fifty years, geneticists, frightened by their own technology, have called a temporary halt to their experiments. They ought to be frightened: Now we have powers that can target the extinction of pests, change our own genes, or create dangerous new versions of diseases in an attempt to prevent future pandemics. Both awe-inspiring and chilling, As Gods traces the history of genetic engineering, showing that this revolutionary technology is far too important to be left to the scientists. They have the power to change life itself, but should we trust them to keep their ingenuity from producing a hellish reality? "--