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Epigenetics

Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects

Reinhard Heil, Stefanie B. Seitz, Harald König, Jürgen Robienski (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

VI, 200 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2017
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH (Verlag)
978-3-658-14459-3 (ISBN)

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Modern epigenetics unites scientists from life sciences, organic chemistry as well as computer and engineering sciences to find an answer to the question of how environmental influences can have a lasting effect on gene expression, maybe even into the next generations. This volume examines from an interdisciplinary perspective the ethical, legal and social aspects of epigenetics.

Reinhard Heil and Harald König are researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Stefanie B. Seitz was a researcher at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology until January 2016 and is currently working for the DBFZ - Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gGmbH, Leipzig. Jürgen Robienski is a German lawyer in Hannover and Müden/Aller (Lower Saxony). He is a research fellow at the Center of Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences (CELLS) of Leibniz University in Hannover.

Introduction.- Introduction to Epigenetics.- Too Early or Too Late? The Assessment of Emerging Technology.- Epigenetics and Genetic Determinism (in Popular Science).- Identity and Non-Identity. Intergenerational Justice as a Topic of an Ethics of Epigenetics.- Genetics, Epigenetics and Forms of Action. About the Ethical Ambivalence of Epigenetic Knowledge.- Epigenetics: Biological, Medical, Social, and Ethical Challenges.- Learning from and Shaping the Public Discourse about Epigenetics.- State of the Public Discourse on Epigenetics.- Epigenetics - New Aspects of Chemicals Policy.- Epigenetics and Legal Regulations: A challenge for the State's Obligation to Protect Environment, Individual's Health and Civil Rights.- Epigenetics and the Protection of Personality Rights.- Adam's Apple and His Legacy: Ethical Perspectives on Epigenetics with an Excursion to the Field of Body Weight Regulation.- Epigenetics and Original Sin. Theological-Ethical Reflections on Heredity and Responsibility.

Erscheinungsdatum	01.11.2016
Reihe/Serie	Technikzukünfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / Futures of Technology, Science and Society
Zusatzinfo	VI, 200 p. 1 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Wiesbaden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	287 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
Schlagworte	Bioethics • epigenetics • ethics • Genetics • Life Sciences • Religion and Philosophy
ISBN-10	3-658-14459-9 / 3658144599
ISBN-13	978-3-658-14459-3 / 9783658144593
Zustand	Neuware