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Engineering the Human Germline: An Exploration of the Science and Ethics of Altering the Genes We Pass to Our Children de Gregory Stock

Engineering the Human Germline: An Exploration of the Science and Ethics of Altering the Genes We Pass to Our Children

Editat de Gregory Stock, John Campbell
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 feb 2000
This accessible and challenging book looks beyond the immediate question of cloning to the broader questions of using genetic engineering to alter the evolution of the human species. The book covers both the hands-on scientific details and the many ethical and social concerns. It includes a discussion of recent successes in cloning large animals and examines the implications for medicine and for our future. Contributors include many of the world leaders in the field: Lee Hood, French Anderson, Mario Capecchi, Dan Koshland, Michael Rose, Lee Silver, and James Watson.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780195133028
ISBN-10: 0195133021
Pagini: 192
Ilustrații: 4 line illustrations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Descriere

This book explores the many prospects, challenges and ethical questions of engineering our reproductive cells. It is an accessible, three-part examination, moving from focused, realistic assessments of the possibilities and problems for this advancing technology to a section of short essays on the implications of our technological ability by practicing ethicists, lawyers, theologians, public policy workers, and scientists. Also included in this exploration is a panel discussion in which leading scientists, ethicists, and public policy workers give voice to their thoughts and concerns regarding our impending genetic technologies. Many of the world leaders in these fields: Leroy Hood, French Anderson, Mario Capecchi, Daniel Koshland, Michael Rose, Lee Silver, and James Watson, have contributed to this volume, providing the tools needed to debate the subject of germline engineering. If you have ever pondered the question: "Would I be willing to genetically alter my own child-to-be, given a safe, reliable technology, offering a tempting possibility?", this book will be an indispensable guide in that quest.

Recenzii

The book should be commended for bringing to the fore the possibilityof germline manipulation within the next decade
...interesting reading.
The participants, mostly drawn from Us academic institutions, fall into three categories: eminent practising scientists; panelists, including James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA; and commentators- scientists, ethcicists and theologians

Cuprins

  • Section One

  • 1: John Campbell: A vision for human germline engineering

  • 2: Leroy Hood: The human genome project - launch pad for human genetic engineering

  • 3: Daniel Koshland, Jr: Ethics and Safety

  • 4: Mario Capecchi: Human germline gene therapy: how and why

  • 5: W. French Anderson: A new front in the battel against disease

  • 6: Michael Rose: Aging as a target for genetic engineering

  • 7: Lee Silver: Reprogenetics: how reproductive and genetic technolgies will be combined to provide new opportunities for people to reach their reproductive goals

  • Section Two

  • Panel: The road ahead

  • Section Three"R

  • 1: Other voices - Introduction

  • 2: Glenn McGee: Parental choices

  • 3: Thoughts on the....

  • 4: Sheldon Krimsky: The psycho-social limits on human germline modification

  • 5: Kevin T Fitzgerald: Do we know ourselves well enough to be engineering humans?

  • 6: Ruth Hubbard: Germline manipulation

  • 7: Gregory E. Pence: Maximize parental choice

  • 8: Stefan F. Winter: Our societal obligations for keeping human nature untouched

  • 9: Alex Mauron: The question of purpose

  • 10: Rabbi Barry Freundel: Gene modification technology

  • 11: Erik Parens: Justice and the germline

  • 12: Burke Zimmerman: Human germ line intervention: What's the fuss about?

  • 13: Paul Billings: Germline culture: The genetics of hubris

  • 14: James Hughes: Liberty, equality, and solidarity in our genetically engineered future

  • 15: George Ennenga: Would humanity be better off...Or, what would it be better for?

  • 16: Jan C. Heller: Human dignity should not keep us from genetically engineering our children

  • 17: Daryl Macer: Universal bioethics for the human germline

  • 18: Lloyd Cohen: Multi-jurisdiction regulation of germline intervention 'A policy with neither virtue nor prospect of success

  • Section 4. Chapter Contributors and Essay Contributors