A Terrible Beauty is Born

Clones, Genes and the Future of Mankind

Brendan Curran (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2003
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-0-415-28709-8 (ISBN)

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A timely publication in light of current genetic headlines which examines how these extraordinary outcomes have been achieved, and examines the limitations involved in their application, and considers where they might be leading us.

Genetics and its related technologies are revolutionizing the world. The media is regularly dominated by controversy over the latest genetically modified (GM) food, human gene therapy or cancer chip technology. Maverick scientists are in the process of cloning humans, and the human genome sequence is available on the Internet. Fifty years ago we did not know what a gene was; today the awesome power of genetics is being released on an unsuspecting public, and with it a whole series of ethical dilemmas undreamt of even ten years ago. The question now has become not "can we?" but "should we?" By demystifying genetic engineering and exploring the basic biology of the living world, A Terrible Beauty is Born explains how clones and cloning technology are in many ways extensions of processes that occur constantly in nature. Used wisely these processes have the potential to bring enormous benefits; abused, they carry with them potential dangers that we ignore at our peril.

Brendan Curran

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Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.2.2003
Reihe/Serie	Science Spectra
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	362 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Humangenetik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
ISBN-10	0-415-28709-X / 041528709X
ISBN-13	978-0-415-28709-8 / 9780415287098
Zustand	Neuware