GMO sapiens
Subtitle: the life-changing science of designer babies
By: Paul Knoepfler, University of California, Davis
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9789814667005; 9789814678537
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Transgenic organisms; Human cloning; Cloning; Human genetics; Genetic engineering
Description: This book takes a fresh look at the cutting-edge biotech discoveries that have made genetically modified people possible.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. An introduction to playing God; title: Genetically modified (GM) human embryos; title: IVF meets GMO; title: CRISPR-Cas9; title: GMO genesis; title: The stem cell and cloning connections; title: 2. The birth and explosive growth of GMOs; title: GM pets and novelties; title: Defining human genetic modification; title: Gene therapy; title: 3. Human cloning; title: Cloning culture; title: Phony cloning; title: Cloning myths; title: Politics of cloning; title: De-extinction : resurrecting the extinct; title: 4. Messing with mother nature : the first GMO sapiens; title: IVF; title: Monkeying around with primate eggs and genomes; title: Three-person IVF; title: 5. Build-a-baby better via genetics; title: The genesis of human genetic testing; title: Genetics dating and mating service; title: Changing the genetic equation via designer babies?; title: Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD); title: CRISPR versus PGD; title: Sex selection; title: Savior siblings; title: Human GMO economics; title: OvaScience; title: Mitogenome therapeutics; title: Genetics and human choices; title: Genetic tourism; title: Designer babies; title: 6. DIY guide to creating GMO sapiens; title: CRISPR as a laboratory tool; title: Genetic modifications; title: Potential role for stem cells; title: 7. Eugenics and transhumanism; title: Eugenics takes root in California; title: IVF and eugenics; title: Transhumanism : getting from point ACGT to H+; title: George Church, genetics pioneer and transhumanist; title: Forced genetic change : gene drive, and weapons; title: 8. Cultural views on human genetic modification; title: Public perceptions of human modification; title: American views on creating GM humans; title: Global views on human genetic modification; title: Frankenstein revisited; title: The Brothers Huxley; title: GATTACA; title: DNA dreams and reality; title: Orphan Black; title: An artist's view of human cloning; title: Genetic discrimination or celebrity; title: Gender issues in human modification; title: 9. GMO sapiens today and tomorrow; title: Gene-edited human embryos; title: Stanford Law meeting on human genetic modification; title: George Church on human genetic modification; title: Oxford ethicists; title: The future of human genetic modification.