The human gene editing debate /

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Author / Creator:	Evans, John Hyde, 1965- author.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Description:	1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations (colour).
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford scholarship online Oxford scholarship online.
Subject:	Gene editing -- Moral and ethical aspects. Human genetics.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12687862

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ISBN:	9780197519592 (ebook) : No price
Notes:	Previously issued in print: 2020. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 6, 2021).
Summary:	For decades, the debate on human gene-editing has identified and agreed upon certain limits that draw the line between ethical and unethical territory: for example, applications for diseases are accepted, but not for enhancements. However, society keeps pushing the limits, as seen with the advent of CRISPR technology and the birth of the first genetically modified babies in China. John H. Evans rethinks how we discuss and debate these collective limits, which have long been characterized as a slippery slope. He examines past, present, and future arguments, and argues which limits can hold and which cannot, before we reach the dystopian bottom.
Target Audience:	Specialized.
Other form:	Print version : 9780197519561

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