The Promise and Peril of CRISPR
$134.79
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
3 June 2024
Summary
A timely collection of essays on the pressing possibilities and risks of gene-editing technology.
Scientists and genetic engineers are becoming increasingly adept at editing the human genome. How far can—and should—they go in editing future generations? In The Promise and Peril of CRISPR, editor Neal Baer brings together a timely collection of essays by influential bioethicists, philosophers, and geneticists to explore the moral, ethical, and policy challenge…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421449302 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1421449307 |
| Author: | Neal Baer |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 3 June 2024 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
This book is a must-read for geneticists and other scientists whose work relies upon CRISPR technology.
—Journal of Medical Humanities
Dr. Baer has curated a valuable resource for people seeking to understand the controversies surrounding CRISPR genome editing. By compiling a wide range of voices and opinions, this book is ideal for someone hoping to educate themselves on the debate before coming to their own conclusion.
—BioNews
Neal Baer
Neal Baer is an award-winning showrunner, television writer and producer, physician, and author. He is a lecturer on global health and social medicine and the co-director of the master’s degree program in Media, Medicine, and Health at Harvard Medical School. He was an executive producer and showrunner for Designated Survivor, Baking Impossible, Under the Dome, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and a writer and producer on ER.
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