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Brutes or angels : human possibility in the age of biotechnology /

"With stem cell research, Dolly the cloned sheep, in vitro fertilization, age retardation, and pharmaceutical mind enhancement, humankind is now faced with decisions that it has never before had to consider. The thoughtfulness, or lack of it, that we bring to those decisions will largely determ...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bradley, James T., 1948- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cells and molecules : the unity of life -- Stem cells : embryos, therapeutic cloning, and personhood -- Embryo selection : preimplantation genetic diagnosis -- The human genome project: spin-offs and fallout -- Human diversity, genes, and medicine : richness and dangers -- Genetic enhancement : humankind healing and redesigning itself -- Human reproductive cloning : sameness, uniqueness, and personal identity -- Age retardation : chasing immortality for better or worse -- The mind: neuroenhancement and neuroethics -- Synthetic biology: from cocreator to creator. 
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