DNA : promise and peril / Linda L. McCabe and Edward R.B. McCabe ; with a foreword by Victor A. McKusick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCabe, Linda L., 1947-

Contributor:

McCabe, Edward R. B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical genetics--Moral and ethical aspects.

Medical genetics.

Genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects.

Genetic engineering.

Genetics, Medical--ethics.

Genetic Engineering--ethics.

Genomics--ethics.

Medical Subjects:

Genetics, Medical--ethics.

Genetic Engineering--ethics.

Genomics--ethics.

Physical Description:

xv, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2008]

Contents:

Foreword / Victor A. McKusick

Acknowledgments

1. DNA sequence does not equal destiny

2. What is genomics?

3. Genetic determinism

4. The evolution and deconstruction of human-centered biology

5. Race and ethnicity : your history is written in your genes

6. Gender as a spectrum, not a dichotomy

7. Genome-based forensics

8. When genes belong to groups and not individuals

9. Genes as commodities : ownership of genes by business interests

10. Protection against genetic discrimination : the new civil right

11. Reproductive technologies : on the road to designer babies?

12. Reproductive cloning : from farm animals to pets to humans?

13. Therapeutic cloning and regenerative medicine

14. Gene therapy : can the promise be fulfilled?

15. Large population assessments : the foundation for genomic medicine

16. Hidden destiny : unbounded by your DNA

Bibliography

Illustration credits

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-327) and index.

ISBN:

9780520251878

0520251873

OCLC:

126228703