Wondergenes
Subtitle: Genetic Enhancement and the Future of Society
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: September 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780253342744
Subjects: Bio-ethics; Medical ethics; Science; Medical; Ethics; Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Genetic engineering; Medical genetics; Social aspects
First sentence: "Nearly two centuries ago, in this room, on this floor, Thomas Jefferson and a trusted aide spread out a magnificent map-a map Jefferson had long prayed he would get to see in his lifetime.
Description: "Wondergenes not only imagines a future world in which genetic enhancement is the norm, but asserts that this future has already begun. What happens, for example, when gene therapy becomes gene enhancement? Who will benefit and who might be left behind? What are the costs to our values and beliefs, and to our future?

To answer these questions, Mehlman provides an overview of the scientific advances that have led to the present state of genetic enhancement and explains how these advances could be used in the future to redefine what we think of as a normal human being.

He explores the ethical dilemmas already facing researchers and medical practitioners - the dilemmas we all will be expected to face - and weighs the social and economic costs of the many proposals to regulate or limit genetic engineering."--Jacket.