The genetics revolution : history, fears, and future of a life-altering science /

What will our lives be like fifty years from now? What will we know about ourselves as humans, and how will that affect our lives? It's impossible to know the future for certain, but one thing we do know-perhaps nothing will alter our future more than the Genetics Revolution of the past thirty-...

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Bibliografiska uppgifter
Huvudupphovsman: Morgan, Rose M., 1935-
Materialtyp: Printed Book
Språk:English
Publicerad: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.
Upplaga:1st ed.
Ämnen:
Medical genetics > Research > Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetic engineering > Moral and ethical aspects.
Human cloning > Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetics, Medical > ethics.
Genetics, Medical > trends.
Ethics, Medical.
Genetic Techniques > ethics.
Genetic Techniques > trends.
Genome, Human.
Stem Cells.
Länkar:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0515/2005019205.html
Innehållsförteckning:
  • Recombining DNA molecules
  • Splicing life: technological revolution or Pandora's box?
  • The book of life: the Human Genome Project
  • Laboratory babies: new biology, old morality
  • The Warnock report
  • The Human Genome Diversity Project
  • The HGDP debate
  • Stem-cell research
  • A major decision
  • Reproductive cloning
  • Cloning a human.

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