02384cam a2200445 i 4500 485770 485770 955093630 US-DLC 20170410095334.0 160802t20172017nyu b 001 0 eng c 2016035006 9780374160784 hardcover 0374160783 hardcover 9780374713966 electronic book 0374713960 electronic book (OCoLC)955093630 (OCoLC)947147007 DNLM/DLC eng rda DLC NLM BDX YDXCP BTCTA OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCA JTE JBL ON8 OCLCO WIM FM0 YDX OCO CPL OCLCO IGA VP@ pcc Alfaisal Main Library RB155 .R63 2017 Rochman, Bonnie, 1972- author The gene machine : how genetic technologies are changing the way we have kids--and the kids we have / Bonnie Rochman First edition 2017. New York : Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017 272 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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 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 local 4 Print books. lcc BOOKS 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2017-04-10 0 RB155 .R63 2017 AU0000000009334 2017-04-10 00:00:00 185.00 2017-04-10 BOOKS