The Resource The mutant project : inside the global race to genetically modify humans, Eben Kirksey
The mutant project : inside the global race to genetically modify humans, Eben Kirksey
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- Summary
- "An anthropologist visits the frontiers of genetics, medicine, and technology to ask: Whose values are guiding gene editing experiments? And what does this new era of scientific inquiry mean for the future of the human species? "That rare kind of scholarship that is also a page-turner." -Britt Wray, author of Rise of the Necrofauna At a conference in Hong Kong in November 2018, Dr. He Jiankui 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 fueling 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, from the U.S. to Indonesia, can we shape research agendas to promote an ethical and fair society? Eben Kirksey takes us on a groundbreaking journey to meet the key scientists, lobbyists, and entrepreneurs who are bringing cutting-edge genetic engineering tools like CRISPR to your local clinic. He also ventures beyond the scientific echo chamber, talking to disabled scholars, doctors, hackers, chronically-ill patients, and activists 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 brave new world"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- pages cm
- Contents
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- Prologue: The World on Notice
- 1: I'm Quite Glad That I Wasn't First
- 2: A Typical Shenzhen 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
- Isbn
- 9781250265357
- Label
- The mutant project : inside the global race to genetically modify humans
- Title
- The mutant project
- Title remainder
- inside the global race to genetically modify humans
- Statement of responsibility
- Eben Kirksey
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "An anthropologist visits the frontiers of genetics, medicine, and technology to ask: Whose values are guiding gene editing experiments? And what does this new era of scientific inquiry mean for the future of the human species? "That rare kind of scholarship that is also a page-turner." -Britt Wray, author of Rise of the Necrofauna At a conference in Hong Kong in November 2018, Dr. He Jiankui 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 fueling 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, from the U.S. to Indonesia, can we shape research agendas to promote an ethical and fair society? Eben Kirksey takes us on a groundbreaking journey to meet the key scientists, lobbyists, and entrepreneurs who are bringing cutting-edge genetic engineering tools like CRISPR to your local clinic. He also ventures beyond the scientific echo chamber, talking to disabled scholars, doctors, hackers, chronically-ill patients, and activists 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 brave new world"--
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- 1976-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kirksey, Eben
- Dewey number
- 576.5
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QH442
- LC item number
- .K55 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Genetic engineering
- Human genetics
- Human genome
- Mutation (Biology)
- Human body
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- The mutant project : inside the global race to genetically modify humans, Eben Kirksey
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Contents
- Prologue: The World on Notice -- 1: I'm Quite Glad That I Wasn't First -- 2: A Typical Shenzhen 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
- Control code
- on1154862230
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- pages cm
- Isbn
- 9781250265357
- Lccn
- 2020021897
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1154862230
- Label
- The mutant project : inside the global race to genetically modify humans, Eben Kirksey
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: The World on Notice -- 1: I'm Quite Glad That I Wasn't First -- 2: A Typical Shenzhen 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
- Control code
- on1154862230
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- pages cm
- Isbn
- 9781250265357
- Lccn
- 2020021897
- Media category
- unmediated
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