Biotechnology in Our Lives

What Modern Genetics Can Tell You about Assisted Reproduction, Human Behavior, and Personalized Medicine, and Much More

By: Jeremy Gruber, Sheldon Krimsky

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Hardcover | 15 August 2013

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For a quarter of a century, the Council for Responsible Genetics has provided a unique historical lens into the modern history, science, ethics, and politics of genetic technologies. Since 1983 the Council has had leading scientists, activists, science writers, and public health advocates researching and reporting on a broad spectrum of issues, including genetically engineered foods, biological weapons, genetic privacy and discrimination, reproductive technologies, and human cloning.

Biotechnology in Our Lives examines how these issues affect us daily whether we realize it or not. Written for the nonscientist, it looks at the many applications of genetics on the world around us by posing questions such as:

What should we know about genetics and childbirth?
Can our genes keep us from qualifying for health insurance?
Can gene therapy cure cancer?
Is behavior genetically determined?
Why would the FBI want our genes?
Are foreign genes in our food?
And much more

Ultimately, this definitive book on the subject also encourages us to think about the social, environmental, and moral ramifications of where this technology is taking us.

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The beauty of this tome is how clear and concise the messages are from scholars, advocates, and scientists. --The Philadelphia Inquirer
Important essays on one of the most important topics of our time. If you want to understand the 21st century, this is a good place to start! --Bill McKibben, Schumann Distinguished Scholar, Middlebury College

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