"The discussions of genetic determinism, prenatal genetic testing, eugenics, and gender identity are particularly informative, stimulating, clearly spelled out, and comprehensible to lay readers as well as professionals."--Solomon A. Kaplan, MD, Professor Emeritus, Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA "If you read one book about the human genome, this is it! An extraordinary thoughtful, readable and myth-busting contribution to understanding our future. I loved it!"--Donna E. Shalala, former U.S. Secretary of Health and ...
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"The discussions of genetic determinism, prenatal genetic testing, eugenics, and gender identity are particularly informative, stimulating, clearly spelled out, and comprehensible to lay readers as well as professionals."--Solomon A. Kaplan, MD, Professor Emeritus, Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA "If you read one book about the human genome, this is it! An extraordinary thoughtful, readable and myth-busting contribution to understanding our future. I loved it!"--Donna E. Shalala, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 339 p. Contains: Unspecified, Illustrations, black & white. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2007019335 Type of material Book Personal name McCabe, Linda L., 1947-Main title DNA: promise and peril / Linda L. McCabe and Edward R.B. McCabe; with a foreword by Victor A. McKusick. Published/Created Berkeley: University of California Press, c2008. Description xv, 339 p. : ill.; 24 cm. ISBN 9780520251878 (cloth: alk. paper) 0520251873 (cloth: alk. paper) LC classification RB155. M314 2008 Related names McCabe, Edward R. B. Contents 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. Subjects Medical genetics--Moral and ethical aspects. Genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects. Genetics, Medical--ethics. Genetic Engineering--ethics. Genomics--ethics. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-327) and index. Dewey class no. 616/.042 NLM class no. QZ 50 M129q 2008 National bib no. GBA806255 National bib agency no. 101306845 014493184 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn126228703 (OCoLC)126228703
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