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Knoepfler, Paul, author.
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GMO sapiens : the li...
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GMO sapiens : the life-changing science of designer babies / Paul Knoepfler, University of California, Davis.
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Knoepfler, Paul, author.
New Jersey : World Scientific, [2016]
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xvi, 266 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 23 cm
Contents:
1. An introduction to playing God -- Genetically modified (GM) human embryos -- IVF meets GMO -- CRISPR-Cas9 -- GMO genesis -- The stem cell and cloning connections -- 2. The birth and explosive growth of GMOs -- GM pets and novelties -- Defining human genetic modification -- Gene therapy -- 3. Human cloning -- Cloning culture -- Phony cloning -- Cloning myths -- Politics of cloning -- De-extinction : resurrecting the extinct -- 4. Messing with mother nature : the first GMO sapiens -- IVF -- Monkeying around with primate eggs and genomes -- Three-person IVF -- 5. Build-a-baby better via genetics -- The genesis of human genetic testing -- Genetics dating and mating service -- Changing the genetic equation via designer babies? -- Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) -- CRISPR versus PGD -- Sex selection -- Savior siblings -- Human GMO economics -- OvaScience -- Mitogenome therapeutics -- Genetics and human choices -- Genetic tourism -- Designer babies -- 6. DIY guide to creating GMO sapiens -- CRISPR as a laboratory tool -- Genetic modifications -- Potential role for stem cells -- 7. Eugenics and transhumanism -- Eugenics takes root in California -- IVF and eugenics -- Transhumanism : getting from point ACGT to H+ -- George Church, genetics pioneer and transhumanist -- Forced genetic change : gene drive, and weapons -- 8. Cultural views on human genetic modification -- Public perceptions of human modification -- American views on creating GM humans -- Global views on human genetic modification -- Frankenstein revisited -- The Brothers Huxley -- GATTACA -- DNA dreams and reality -- Orphan Black -- An artist's view of human cloning -- Genetic discrimination or celebrity -- Gender issues in human modification -- 9. GMO sapiens today and tomorrow -- Gene-edited human embryos -- Stanford Law meeting on human genetic modification -- George Church on human genetic modification -- Oxford ethicists -- The future of human genetic modification.
Summary:
This book takes a fresh look at the cutting-edge biotech discoveries that have made genetically modified people possible.
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