The promise and peril of CRISPR / edited by Neal Baer.

Other author Baer, Neal.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024.
Descriptionviii, 257 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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Contents CRISPR : Challenges Posed by a Dual-Use Technology / Rachel M. West & Gigi Kwik Gronvall -- Untangling CRISPR's Twisted Tales / Marcy Darnovsky and Katie Hasson -- Heritable Genome Editing and International Human Rights / Kevin Doxzen & Jodi Halpern -- Democratizing CRISPR : Opening the Door or Pandora's Box? / Ellen Jorgensen -- Welcome to the CRISPR Zoo / Marcus Schultz-Bergin -- Who Goes First? / Carol Padden & Jacqueline Humphries -- Billie Idol / Ethan Weiss -- Curing Cystic Fibrosis? / Sandra Sufian -- CRISPR and Gene Editing : Why Indigenous Peoples and Why Now? / Krystal Tsosie -- Do Trans/Humanists Dream of Electric Tits? / Florence Ashley -- Velvet Eugenics : In the Best Interests of Our Future Children? / Rosemarie Garland-Thomson -- A Therapeutic Fallacy / Peter F. R. Mills -- Genome Editing, in Time / Robert Sparrow -- Regulating CRISPR : A Quest to Foster Safe, Ethical, and Equitable Innovation / Andrew C. Heinrich -- Should We Fear Heritable Genome Editing? / Alta Charo -- Heritable Genome Editing & the Problem of Progress / J. Benjamin Hurlbut.
Abstract "Comprising eight revised essays and seven new pieces, this work provides a comprehensive resource for students, scientists, bioethicists, physicians, and laypeople to better understand and discuss the ethical issues underlying this technology that has the potential to forever change the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2023049801
ISBN9781421449302 (paperback ; alk. paper)
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