DNA promise and peril /
McCabe, Linda L., 1947-
DNA promise and peril / [electronic resource] : Linda L. McCabe and Edward R.B. McCabe ; with a foreword by Victor A. McKusick. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008. - xv, 339 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-327) and index.
DNA sequence does not equal destiny -- What is genomics? -- Genetic determinism -- The evolution and deconstruction of human-centered biology -- Race and ethnicity : your history is written in your genes -- Gender as a spectrum, not a dichotomy -- Genome-based forensics -- When genes belong to groups and not individuals -- Genes as commodities : ownership of genes by business interests -- Protection against genetic discrimination : the new civil right -- Reproductive technologies : on the road to designer babies? -- Reproductive cloning : from farm animals to pets to humans? -- Therapeutic cloning and regenerative medicine -- Gene therapy : can the promise be fulfilled? -- Large population assessments : the foundation for genomic medicine -- Hidden destiny : unbounded by your DNA.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
GBA806255 bnb
DNLM Uk
Medical genetics--Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects.
Electronic books.
RB155 / .M314 2008
616/.042
DNA promise and peril / [electronic resource] : Linda L. McCabe and Edward R.B. McCabe ; with a foreword by Victor A. McKusick. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008. - xv, 339 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-327) and index.
DNA sequence does not equal destiny -- What is genomics? -- Genetic determinism -- The evolution and deconstruction of human-centered biology -- Race and ethnicity : your history is written in your genes -- Gender as a spectrum, not a dichotomy -- Genome-based forensics -- When genes belong to groups and not individuals -- Genes as commodities : ownership of genes by business interests -- Protection against genetic discrimination : the new civil right -- Reproductive technologies : on the road to designer babies? -- Reproductive cloning : from farm animals to pets to humans? -- Therapeutic cloning and regenerative medicine -- Gene therapy : can the promise be fulfilled? -- Large population assessments : the foundation for genomic medicine -- Hidden destiny : unbounded by your DNA.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
GBA806255 bnb
DNLM Uk
Medical genetics--Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects.
Electronic books.
RB155 / .M314 2008
616/.042