Are Genes Us? /

Do our genes make us human? More than a billion dollars are being spent on the Human Genome Project to map the genes on human DNA. Along with the hope of controlling many terrible diseases, the project offers the threat of changing the behavior and the qualities that define us as human. The contribu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Cranor, Carl F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 1994.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Human Genome Project.
Programme genome humain.
Cartes chromosomiques humaines > aspect moral.
Cartes chromosomiques humaines > aspect social.
Human gene mapping > Social aspects.
Human gene mapping > Moral and ethical aspects.
Ethische aspecten.
Sociale aspecten.
Gesellschaft
Aufsatzsammlung
Ethik
Genomprojekt
Bioethique.
Cartes chromosomiques.
Genetique humaine > Aspect moral.
Genetique humaine > Aspect social.
Cartes chromosomiques humaines > Aspect social.
Cartes chromosomiques humaines > Aspect moral.
Bioethics
Chromosome Mapping
Human genetics > Moral and ethical aspects.
Human genetics > Social aspects.
Bioethics.
Gene mapping.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction / Carl F Cranor
  • 1: Mapping and sequencing the human genome / Larry L Deaven
  • 2: Anticipating the consequences of genetic engineering: past, present, and future / Charles Weiner
  • 3: Vital language / Richard Doyle
  • 4: Human nature, Weismannism, and the interpretation of genetic information / James F Griesemer
  • 5: Master molecules / Evelyn Fox Keller
  • 6: Normality and variation: the Human Genome Project and the ideal human type / Elisabeth A Lloyd
  • 7: Errare humanum est: do genetic errors have a future? / Camille Limoges
  • 8: Genetic causation / Carl F Cranor
  • 9: Eugenic anxieties, social realities, and political choices / Diane B Paul
  • 10: Upside risks: social consequences of beneficial biotechnology / Gregory S Kavka
  • 11: When science enters the courtroom: the DNA-typing controversy / William C Thompson
  • Notes
  • Selective bibliography on ethical, legal, and social implications of the Human Genome Project / Michael S Yesley
  • About the authors
  • Index.

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