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The promise and peril of CRISPR / edited by Neal Baer.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genetic engineering.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "Comprising eight revised essays and seven new pieces, this work provides a comprehensive resource for students, scientists, bioethicists, physicians, and laypeople to better understand and discuss the ethical issues underlying this technology that has the potential to forever change the world"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part 1: Overview : The Era of CRISPR. CRISPR : Challenges Posed by a Dual-Use Technology / Rachel M. West and Gigi Kwik Gronvall
- Part 2: Ethical Questions Raised by CRISPR Technology. Untangling CRISPR's Twisted Tales / Marcy Darnovsky and Katie Hasson ; Heritable Genome Editing and International Human Rights / Kevin Doxzen and Jodi Halpern ; Democratizing CRISPR : Opening the Door or Pandora's Box? / Ellen D. Jorgensen ; Welcome to the CRISPR Zoo / Marcus Schultz-Bergin
- Part 3: Personal Perspectives. Who Goes First? / Carol Padden and Jacqueline Humphries ; Billie Idol / Ethan Weiss ; Curing Cystic Fibrosis? / Sandra Sufian
- Part 4: Diverse Voices. CRISPR and Gene Editing : Why Indigenous Peoples and Why Now? / Krystal Tsosie ; Do Trans/Humanists Dream of Electric Tits? CRISPR and Transgender Bioethics / Florence Ashley
- Part 5: The Dilemmas of Controlling the Future. Velvet Eugenics : In the Best Interests of Our Future Children? / Rosemarie Garland-Thomson ; A Therapeutic Fallacy / Peter F. R. Mills ; Genome Editing, in Time / Robert Sparrow
- Part 6: Oversight and Monitoring. Regulating CRISPR : A Quest to Foster Safe, Ethical, and Equitable Innovation / Andrew C. Heinrich ; Should We Fear Heritable Genome Editing? / R. Alta Charo ; Advancing Progressively Backwards : Guiding and Governing Heritable Genome Editing / J. Benjamin Hurlbut.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Baer, Neal The Promise and Peril of CRISPR
- ISBN:
- 9781421449319
- OCLC:
- 1440124580
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