An edition of The gene machine
(2017)
The gene machine
how genetic technologies are changing the way we have kids--and the kids we have
First edition.
by Bonnie Rochman
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"A researched exploration of the promises and vulnerabilities of having children in an age of genetic tests and interventions considers key scientific, technological and political factors while sharing the stories of men and women struggling to understand the range of the tests and their revelations,"--NoveList.
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Moral and ethical aspects, Genetic engineering, Medical genetics, Human genetics, Human genetics, moral and ethical aspects, New York Times reviewed, Genetic Engineering, Trends, Genetic Testing, Methods, Inborn Genetic Diseases, Prevention & control, HEALTH & FITNESS, Pregnancy & Childbirth, MEDICAL, Reproductive Medicine & Technology, SCIENCE, Life Sciences, Genetics & Genomics, Medical genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects, Human genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects| Edition | Availability |
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The gene machine: how genetic technologies are changing the way we have kids--and the kids we have
2017, Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English
- First edition.
0374160783 9780374160784
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Table of Contents
How the Jews beat Tay-Sachs (carrier screening)
Rewriting a family's history of cancer (preimplantation diagnosis)
The other scarlet A (abortion)
Silencing a gene (the future of Down syndrome)
What do parents want to know? (variants of unknown significance)
Do you have a right to an open future? (return of results)
How to hunt a zebra (rare disease)
The genie in the bottle (universal sequencing).
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-255) and index.
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