Redesigning Humans: Our Inevitable Genetic Future
Books / Hardcover
ISBN: 061806026X / Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, June 2002
Examines potential uses for genetic technology, including the ability to identify and manipulate genes, and the social and moral consequences of such decisions.
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Forget worries about cloning people. In the future, technological advances will bring far more meaningful and controversial changes to our offspring, says Gregory Stock. As scientists rapidly improve their ability to identify and manipulate genes, people will want to protect their future children from diseases, help them live longer, and even influence their looks and their abilities. Stock, an expert on the implications of recent advances in reproductive biology, clearly shows that neither governments nor religious groups will be able to stop the coming trend of choosing an embryo's genes.
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