Altered Inheritance

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Altered Inheritance

Author	: Françoise Baylis
File Size	: 46,5 Mb
Publisher	: Harvard University Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 17 September 2019
ISBN	: 9780674241961
Pages	: 240 pages

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Altered Inheritance by Françoise Baylis Book PDF Summary

With the advent of CRISPR gene-editing technology, designer babies have become a reality. Françoise Baylis insists that scientists alone cannot decide the terms of this new era in human evolution. Members of the public, with diverse interests and perspectives, must have a role in determining our future as a species.

Altered Inheritance by Françoise Baylis

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