Designing our descendants : the promises and perils of genetic modifications / edited by Audrey R. Chapman and Mark S. Frankel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chapman, Audrey R.

Frankel, Mark S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genetic engineering.

Genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects.

Genetic engineering--Government policy--United States.

Medical genetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The authors conclude that while IGM cannot be carried out safely and responsibly on humans utilizing current methods, it is important to begin public discussion now to determine whether, and if so how, to proceed.

Contents:

Framing the issues / Audrey R. Chapman and Mark S. Frankel

Germ line dancing: definitional considerations for policy makers / Eric Juengst and Erik Parens

Approaches to gene transfer to the mammalian germ line / Theodore Friedmann

Scientific methodologies to facilitate inheritable genetic modifications in humans / Bhavani Pathak

Germ-line modification in clinical medicine: is there a case for intentional or unintended germ-line changes? / R. Michael Blaese

Gene repair, genomics, and human germ-line modification / Kenneth Culver

Germ-line gene therapy: can we do it, do we need it, where do we start, and where might it lead? / Christopher H. Evans

The moral impasse in human embryo research: bypasses in the making? / John Fletcher

Justice implications of inheritable genetic modifications / Audrey R. Chapman

The hidden eugenic potential of germ-line interventions / Troy Duster

Ethical differences between inheritable genetic modification and embryo selection / Bonnie Steinbock

Human limits: theological perspectives on germ-line modification / Ronald Cole-Turner

The Catholic Church's moral tradition and germ-line intervention / Albert Moraczewski

Uncountable as the stars: inheritable genetic intervention and the human future, a Jewish perspective / Laurie Zoloth-Dorfman

Parental liberty and the right of access to germ-line intervention: a theological appraisal of parental power / Sondra Wheeler

Inheritable genetic modifications: do we owe them to our children? / Pilar N. Ossorio

National policies to oversee inheritable genetic modifications research / Julie Gage-Palmer and Robert Cook-Deegan

Designing tomorrow's children: the right to reproduce and oversight of germ-line interventions / Cynthia Cohen

To market, to market: effects of commerce on cross-generational genetic change / Mark S. Frankel and Michele S. Garfinkel

Recommendations for policy / Mark S. Frankel and Audrey R. Chapman

Appendix A. consent form for participation in a study of inheritable germ-line modification / Julie Gage-Palmer

Appendix B. AAAS report on IGM: major findings, concerns, and recommendations.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-8129-3

OCLC:

923191857