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049 _aAlfaisal Main Library
050 0 4 _aRB155
_b.R63 2017
100 1 _aRochman, Bonnie,
_d1972-
_eauthor
245 1 4 _aThe gene machine :
_bhow genetic technologies are changing the way we have kids--and the kids we have /
_cBonnie Rochman
250 _aFirst edition
260 _c2017.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bScientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
_c2017
300 _a272 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505 0 _aHow 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)
520 _a"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
650 1 2 _aGenetic Engineering
_xtrends.
650 2 2 _aGenetic Testing
_xmethods.
650 2 2 _aGenetic Diseases, Inborn
_xprevention & control.
650 0 _aMedical genetics
650 0 _aMedical genetics
_xMoral and ethical aspects
650 0 _aHuman genetics
_xMoral and ethical aspects
650 0 _aGenetic engineering
655 0 _2local
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