ISBN: 1529217296
Godina izdanja: 2021
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Eben Kirksey - The Mutant Project: Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans
Bristol University Press, 2021
292 str.
meki povez
stanje: vrlo dobro

Summary: 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? At a conference in Hong Kong in November 2018, Dr Jiankui He announced that he had created the first genetically modified babies - twin girls named Lulu and Nana - sending shockwaves around the world. A year later, a Chinese court sentenced Dr He to three years in prison for `illegal medical practice`. As scientists elsewhere start to catch up with China`s vast genetic research program, gene editing is fuelling an innovation economy that threatens to widen racial and economic inequality. Fundamental questions about science, health and social justice are at stake. Who gets access to gene-editing technologies? As countries loosen regulations around the globe, can we shape research agendas to promote an ethical and fair society?Professor Eben Kirksey takes us on a groundbreaking journey to meet the key scientists, lobbyists and entrepreneurs who are bringing cutting-edge genetic modification tools like CRISPR to your local clinic. He also ventures beyond the scientific echo chamber, talking to doctors, hackers, chronically ill patients, disabled scholars, and activists and who have alternative visions of a genetically modified future for humanity. The Mutant Project empowers us to ask the right questions, uncover the truth, and navigate this new era of scientific enquiry.


Contents:
The Mutant Timeline
Prologue: The World on Notice
1: I`m Quite Glad That I Wasn`t First
2: The China Story
3: The Best Humans Haven`t Been Produced Yet
4: Winner Takes All
5: Look at Those Muscles, Look at That Butt
6: A Moral Choice
7: Will I Have to Mortgage My House?
8: The Cancer Moonshot
9: Free Health Care for All
10: Silence = Death
11: Immortality Has to Be the Goal
12: I Don`t Want to Walk, I Want to Fly
13: High-Quality Children
14: #Transracial
15: American Medicine and Only for You
16: He Was Busy, Busy, Always Doing Research
17: A Hammer, Looking for a Nail
18: Beautiful Lies
19: Two Healthy Baby Girls?
20: Mixed Wisdom
21: They Are Moving Forward
22: Chinese Scientists Are Creating CRISPR Babies
23: Bubbles Vanishing into Air
24: The Horse has Already Bolted
Epilogue: We Have Never Been Human


Nonfiction, Philosophy, 1529217296