Human Genetic Engineering: A Guide for Activists, Skeptics, and the Very Perplexed

The debate over human Genetic Engineering (GE) is about to go mainstream. Not as a one-day wonder about cloning or a theological disagreement about embryos, but as a major political issue, driven in part by a grassroots movement of opposition. Human Genetic Engineering is a highly readable and entertaining guide. It explains in accessible language for a popular audience the essential questions that will arise in the future debates: What is human GE? Will it work? What perspectives should we remember? Who is doing what, and why?

Pete Shanks has done freelance work for the Center for Genetics and Society (CGS) in Oakland, for several years. He is a writer and grassroots political activist, and has produced textbooks for many years. He lives in Oakland, California.