Redesigning Humans

Informationen zum Autor Gregory Stock, director of the Program of Medicine, Technology, and Society at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, has also written, among other books, Metaman: The Merging of Humans and Machines into a Global Superorganism and the best-selling volume on ethical dilemmas, The Book of Questions. Klappentext A groundbreaking work, Redesigning Humans tackles the controversial subject of engineering the human germline -- the process of permanently altering the genetic code of an individual so that the changes are passed on to the offspring. Gregory Stock, an expert on the implications of recent advances in reproductive biology, has glimpsed the inevitable future of biomedical engineering. Within decades, Stock asserts, technological advances will bring meaningful changes to our offspring; this scientific revolution promises to fundamentally alter the human species. With recent findings presented in a new afterword, Stock's provocative assessment cuts through the debate to envision an age of radical biotechnological advancement and unprecedented human choice.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory Stock
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.05.2003
• EAN: 9780618340835
• ISBN: 978-0-618-34083-5
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; Sociology, biotechnology, Social forecasting, future studies, History of Science, Biology, life sciences, Impact of science and technology on society, Biomedical engineering, Genetics (non-medical), SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / General, HISTORY: Social History, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Biology, PSYCHOLOGY: Social Psychology, SCIENCE: History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING: Social Aspects, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, SCIENCE: Biotechnology, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Technology Studies, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING: Biomedical