Gene editing & genetic engineering / [compiled by] H.W. Wilson, a division of EBSCO Information Services.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

H.W. Wilson Company, compiler.

Grey House Publishing, Inc., publisher.

Series:

Reference shelf ; v. 95, no. 5.

The reference shelf; 1948-6820 ; volume 95, number 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gene editing--Sources.

Gene editing.

Genetic engineering--Sources.

Genetic engineering.

CRISPR (Genetics)--Sources.

CRISPR (Genetics).

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xiii, 158 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 26 cm.

Other Title:

Gene editing and genetic engineering

Place of Publication:

Amenia, New York : Grey House Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

The recent research into using the CRISPR gene-editing technology to change genetic coding in an organism's DNA has generated tremendous public interest, but where is this technology going? In this issue of The Reference Shelf we look at gene editing and genetic engineering, drawing from periodicals, medical reports, and politics to see how this debate is progressing within popular culture. Issues investigated will include engineering new organisms, the potential for medical breakthroughs, the ethics of altering the human genome, and the campaign to bring back the dinosaurs. -- Publisher.

Looks at articles, essays, and research on the issue of gene editing and genetic engineering.

Contents:

1. Genetic manipulation. The history of genetic science. What is genome editing? / National Human Genome Research Institute/NIH

A brief history of human gene editing / Carmen Leitch

Science and history of GMOs and other food modification processes / FDA

Did He Jiankui "make people better"? Documentary spurs a new look at the case of the first gene-edited babies / G. Owen Schaefer

Experts weigh medical advances in gene-editing with ethical dilemmas / Rob Stein

2. Pioneering science. New developments in genetic technology. The promise of gene editing: so close and yet so perilously far / David J. Segal

Engineered yeast turn agricultural waste into biofuels / Technology Networks

CRISPR/Cas9-based gene drive could suppress agricultural pests / Mick Kulikowski

Baby without sperm or egg? Scientists develop synthetic embryos using stem cells / Shobhit Gupta

The precious genes of the world's first cloned ferret could help save her species / Joel Goldberg

3. Genetic medicine. Gene therapy and medical genetics. Edits to a cholesterol gene could stop the biggest killer on earth / Antonio Regalado

He inherited a devastating disease: a CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough stopped it / Rob Stein

Organ transplants from pigs: medical miracle or pandemic in the making? / J. Roger Jacobs

Using gene editing to fight deadly genetic diseases / Karen Feldscher

COVID testing led to new techniques of disease diagnosis: progress mustn't stop now / Angelika Loots

Forget designer babies, here's how CRISPR is really changing lives / Antonio Regalado

4. Controversial technology. Genetic modification controversies and debates. Decoding the CRISPR-baby stories / J. Benjamin Hurlbut

It's official: no more CRISPR babies, for now / Grace Browne

The first gene-edited babies are supposedly alive and well, says guy who edited them / Tim Newcomb

Biotechnology is creating ethical worries and we've been here before / Giana Gitig

Cloning fact sheet / National Human Genome Research Institute/NIH

5. Popular genetics. Genetic engineering in pop culture. Should we bring back the dodo? De-extinction is a feel-good story, but these high-tech replacements aren't really "resurrecting" species / Risa Aria Schnebly and Ben A. Minteer

Why genetic engineering experts are putting a spotlight on Victoria Gray's case / Rob Stein

Seven times science fiction got genetic engineering right / Sue Burke

How real is genetic engineering in sci-fi? / Courtney Linder

A history of genome engineering in popular culture / Kartik Lakshmi Rallapalli

Americans are closely divided over editing a baby's genes to reduce serious health risk / Lee Rainie, Cary Funk, Monica Anderson, and Alec Tyson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-151) and index.

ISBN:

9781637004982

1637004982

OCLC:

1347364516