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The mutant project : inside the global race to genetically modify humans /

An anthropologist visits the frontiers of genetics, medicine, and technology to ask: whose values are guiding gene-editing experiments, and what are the implications for humanity?

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kirksey, Eben, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2021.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: The World on Notice; I'm Quite Glad That I Wasn't First; A Typical Shenzhen Story; The Best Humans Haven't Been Produced Yet; Winner Takes All; Look at Those Muscles. Look at That Butt; A Moral Choice; Will I Have to Mortgage My House?; The Cancer Moonshot; Free Health Care for All; Silence = Death; Immorality Has to Be the Goal; I Don't Want to Walk. I Want to Fly; High-Quality Children; #transracial; American Medicine and Only for You; He Was Busy. Busy. Always Doing Research; A Hammer. Looking for a Nail; Beautiful Lies; Two Healthy Baby Girls?; Mixed Wisdom; They Are Moving Forward; Chinese Scientists Are Creating CRISPR Babies; Bubbles Vanishing Into Air; The Horse Has Already Bolted; Epilogue: We Have Never Been Human.