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The Unedited : A Novel About Genome and Identity / by Pernille Rørth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rørth, Pernille, Author.
- Series:
- Science and Fiction, 2197-1188
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Life sciences.
- Medicine.
- Health.
- Human genetics.
- Ethics.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Popular Life Sciences.
- Popular Science in Medicine and Health.
- Human Genetics.
- Evolutionary Biology.
- Local Subjects:
- Popular Life Sciences.
- Popular Science in Medicine and Health.
- Human Genetics.
- Ethics.
- Evolutionary Biology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (VI, 250 p. 1 illus.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2020.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- This novel is set in the near future, where human genome editing has become routine. First adopted to fight a lethal virus, it is now widely used to prevent diseases and favor other traits. Ben, Eiko, Celia, Raphael and Leo have just had their coming-of-age genome reading and are struggling with this new information for each their own reasons. Soon, they are cast into the middle of a crisis that threatens the future of their society and pits it against a parallel, but strictly separated, society where genome manipulation is forbidden on religious grounds. The book includes an essay on the potential of human genome engineering and related genome-based choices.
- Contents:
- Part 1: The wall
- The day of the readings
- Transit interviews
- The truth will set you free
- Part 2: Home
- Unrest
- The witch
- Business acumen
- Father Marius
- Peas and politics
- Part 3: Return
- Safe haven
- Summer rain
- Part 4: Scientific Appendix. Manipulating the Human Genome: Technology and Choice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 3-030-34624-2
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