DNA : promise and peril /
McCabe, Linda L.
DNA : promise and peril / Linda L. McCabe and Edward R.B. McCabe ; with a foreword by Victor A. McKusick. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008. - xv, 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-327) and index.
DNA sequence does not equal destiny -- What is genomics? -- Genetic determinism -- The evolution and deconstruction of human-centered biology -- Race and ethnicity : your history is written in your genes -- Gender as a spectrum, not a dichotomy -- Genome-based forensics -- When genes belong to groups and not individuals -- Genes as commodities : ownership of genes by business interests -- Protection against genetic discrimination : the new civil right -- Reproductive technologies : on the road to designer babies? -- Reproductive cloning : from farm animals to pets to humans? -- Therapeutic cloning and regenerative medicine -- Gene therapy : can the promise be fulfilled? -- Large population assessments : the foundation for genomic medicine -- Hidden destiny : unbounded by your DNA.
9780520251878 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520251873 (cloth : alk. paper)
2007019335
GBA806255 bnb
101306845 DNLM 014493184 Uk
Medical genetics--Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetics, Medical--ethics.
Genetic Engineering--ethics.
Genomics--ethics.
RB155 / .M314 2008
616/.042
QZ 50 / M129q 2008
DNA : promise and peril / Linda L. McCabe and Edward R.B. McCabe ; with a foreword by Victor A. McKusick. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008. - xv, 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-327) and index.
DNA sequence does not equal destiny -- What is genomics? -- Genetic determinism -- The evolution and deconstruction of human-centered biology -- Race and ethnicity : your history is written in your genes -- Gender as a spectrum, not a dichotomy -- Genome-based forensics -- When genes belong to groups and not individuals -- Genes as commodities : ownership of genes by business interests -- Protection against genetic discrimination : the new civil right -- Reproductive technologies : on the road to designer babies? -- Reproductive cloning : from farm animals to pets to humans? -- Therapeutic cloning and regenerative medicine -- Gene therapy : can the promise be fulfilled? -- Large population assessments : the foundation for genomic medicine -- Hidden destiny : unbounded by your DNA.
9780520251878 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520251873 (cloth : alk. paper)
2007019335
GBA806255 bnb
101306845 DNLM 014493184 Uk
Medical genetics--Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetics, Medical--ethics.
Genetic Engineering--ethics.
Genomics--ethics.
RB155 / .M314 2008
616/.042
QZ 50 / M129q 2008