Editing humanity The CRISPR revolution and the new era of genome editing
Book - 2020
If our genes are, to a great extent, our destiny, then what would happen if mankind could engineer and alter the very essence of our DNA coding? Millions might be spared the devastating effects of hereditary disease or the challenges of disability, whether it was the pain of sickle-cell anemia to the ravages of Huntington's disease. But this power to "play God" also raises major ethical questions and poses threats for potential misuse. For decades, these questions have lived exclusively in the realm of science fiction, but as Kevin Davies powerfully reveals in his new book, this is all about to change.
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New York :
Pegasus Books
2020.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books cloth edition
- Physical Description
- xviii, 446 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781643133089
- Prologue
- Part I.
- 1. The CRISPR Craze
- 2. A Cut Above
- 3. We Can Be Heroes
- 4. "Thelma and Louise"
- 5. DNA Surgery
- 6. Field of Dreams
- 7. Prize Fight
- Part II.
- 8. Genome Editing B.C.
- 9. Deliverance or Disaster
- 10. The Rise and Fall of Gene Therapy
- 11. Overnight Success
- 12. Fix You
- 13. Patent Pending
- Part III.
- 14. #CRISPRbabies
- 15. The Boy from Xinhua
- 16. Breaking the Glass
- 17. A Maculate Conception
- 18. Crossing the Germline
- 19. Going Rogue
- Part IV.
- 20. To Extinction and Beyond
- 21. Farm Aid
- 22. CRISPR Prime
- 23. Volitional Evolution
- 24. Bases Loaded
- Acknowledgments
- Further Reading
- Online Resources
- Endnotes
- Index