Redesigning Humans: Choosing our genes, changing our future â " An Expert Assessment of Biotechnology, DNA, and the Scientific Revolution

Stock, Gregory

ISBN 10: 0618340831 / ISBN 13: 9780618340835

Published by Mariner Books, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Redesigning Humans: Choosing our genes, changing our future â " An Expert Assessment of Biotechnology, DNA, and the Scientific Revolution
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618340831
• ISBN 13: 9780618340835
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A groundbreaking work, Redesigning Humans tackles the controversial subject of engineering the human germline -- the process of permanently altering the genetic code of an individual so that the changes are passed on to the offspring. Gregory Stock, an expert on the implications of recent advances in reproductive biology, has glimpsed the inevitable future of biomedical engineering. Within decades, Stock asserts, technological advances will bring meaningful changes to our offspring; this scientific revolution promises to fundamentally alter the human species. With recent findings presented in a new afterword, Stock's provocative assessment cuts through the debate to envision an age of radical biotechnological advancement and unprecedented human choice.

About the Author

Gregory Stock, director of the Program of Medicine, Technology, and Society at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, has also written, among other books, Metaman: The Merging of Humans and Machines into a Global Superorganism and the best-selling volume on ethical dilemmas, The Book of Questions.