Prologue -- Targeting a single gene: Huntington's Disease -- From editing a genome to altering inheritance -- Babies by design -- From "well" to "better than well" -- Ethics in the interim -- Of harms and wrongs -- Slow science -- Scientists, science policy, and politics -- Ethicists, Science policy, and politics -- "All of us" for "us all" -- Epilogue: a new dawn
Summary
With the advent of CRISPR gene-editing technology, designer babies have become a reality. The author insists that scientists alone cannot decide the terms of this changing era in human evolution. Members of the public, with diverse interests and perspectives, must have a role in determining our future as a species. -- Description provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-266) and index
