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9780521529730: The Ethics of Inheritable Genetic Modification: A Dividing Line?
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ISBN 10: 0521529735 ISBN 13: 9780521529730
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2006

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An essential contribution to one of the critical debates in current genetics.

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Descrizione del libro

Is inheritable genetic modification the new dividing line in gene therapy? In this searching investigation a distinguished team of scientists and scholars address the issues from the perspectives of biological and social science, law and ethics. This is an essential contribution to one of the critical debates in current genetics.

Contenuti

Forward: shopping at the genetic supermarket Peter Singer; 1. Is Inheritable genetic modification the new dividing line? John E. J. Rasko, Gabrielle M. O'Sullivan and Rachel A. Ankeny; 2. The science of inheritable genetic modification John E. J. Rasko and Douglas J. Jolly; 3. Nuclear cloning, embryonic stem cells, and gene transfer Rudolf Jaenisch; 4. Controlling bodies and creating monsters: popular perceptions of genetic modifications Christoph Rehmann-Sutter; 5. Inheritable genetic modification as moral responsibility in a creative universe Denis Kenny; 6. Ethics and welfare issues in animal genetic modification Gabrielle M. O'Sullivan; 7. Radical rupture: exploring biological sequelae of volitional inheritable genetic modification Françoise Baylis and Jason Scott Robert; 8. Altering the human species? Misplaced essentialism in science policy Eric T. Juengst; 9. Traditional and feminist bioethical perspectives on gene transfer: is inheritable genetic modification really the problem? Rosemarie Tong; 10. Inheritable genetic modification and disability: normality and identity Jackie Leach Scully; 11. Regulating inheritable genetic modification, or policing the fertile scientific imagination? A feminist legal response Isabel Karpin and Roxanne Mykitiuk; 12. Inheritable genetic modification: clinical applications and genetic counseling considerations Joan A. Scott; 13. Can bioethics speak to politics about the prospect of inheritable genetic modification? If so, what might it say? Roberta M. Berry; Glossary John E. J. Rasko, Gabrielle M. O'Sullivan and Rachel A. Ankeny; Index.

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Editore
Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione
2006
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0521529735
ISBN 13 
9780521529730
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
352
Redattore
Rasko John E. J.
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
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ISBN 10:  0521822777 ISBN 13:  9780521822770
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2006
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