The unnatural selection of our species : at the frontier of gene editing
Kornfeldt, Torill, 1984-2021
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Total copies: 2
The advancement of genetic technology has hurtled forward at breakneck speed. When the first genetically modified children were born in China in 2018, it became clear that humanity was facing possibilities that we had, previously, only been able to imagine. With the pair of genetic scissors known as CRISPR, we could potentially choose the traits of our children and avoid aging and disease. But with that ability comes a new set of risks, forcing us to face hard ethical and societal questions. Kornfeldt has met with the people who are driving the research forward, and visited fertility clinics in South Korea, oncologists in China who are experimenting on sick patients, and biohackers in the US who want to make the new technology available to everyone. The book examines recent developments in gene editing and what might still be waiting around the corner.
Main title:
The unnatural selection of our species : at the frontier of gene editing / Torill Kornfeldt ; translated by Fiona Graham.
Author:
Kornfeldt, Torill, 1984-, authorGraham, Fiona (Translator of Swedish), translator
Imprint:
London : Hero, [2021]©2021
Collation:
218 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Swedish.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781800313422 (hbk)
Dewey class:
576.5
Language:
EnglishSwedish
Subject:
BRN:
537940