The end of genetics : designing humanity's DNA / / David B. Goldstein
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Goldstein David B.
|
| Titolo: |
The end of genetics : designing humanity's DNA / / David B. Goldstein
|
| Pubblicazione: | New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina: | 174.957 |
| Soggetto topico: | Genetics - Moral and ethical aspects |
| Genetic screening - Moral and ethical aspects | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Popular medicine |
| Medical ethics | |
| Genetics | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Future of Reproduction -- Chapter 2. Learning to Read the Human Genome -- Chapter 3. The Nature of Human Genetic Variation -- Chapter 4. DNA and Human Disease -- Chapter 5. Writing the Genomes of Our Children. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "As the purposeful design of children's genomes is now becoming a technical possibility, before we are prepared to fully understand the consequences of the choices that can be made, this book provides an accessible yet accurate description of what we know about human genetics, and critically, what we do not know, as well as some of the things we must be careful about as we move into an era where increasing numbers of parents exercise direct control over the genetic makeup of their offspring"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The end of genetics |
| ISBN: | 0-300-26254-X |
| 9780300262544 | |
| 030026254X | |
| 9780300219395 | |
| 0300219393 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827823603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |