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092 _a616.042
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aRochman, Bonnie,
_d1972-
_eauthor.
_9327433
245 1 4 _aThe gene machine :
_bhow genetic technologies are changing the way we have kids--and the kids we have /
_cBonnie Rochman.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bScientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
_c2017.
264 4 _c©2017
300 _a272 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aHow the Jews beat Tay-Sachs (carrier screening) -- Rewriting a family's history of cancer (preimplantation diagnosis) -- The other scarlet A (abortion) -- Silencing a gene (the future of Down syndrome) -- What do parents want to know? (variants of unknown significance) -- Do you have a right to an open future? (return of results) -- How to hunt a zebra (rare disease) -- The genie in the bottle (universal sequencing).
520 _a"A researched exploration of the promises and vulnerabilities of having children in an age of genetic tests and interventions considers key scientific, technological and political factors while sharing the stories of men and women struggling to understand the range of the tests and their revelations,"--NoveList.
650 0 _aMedical genetics.
_983714
650 0 _aMedical genetics
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
_9129193
650 0 _aHuman genetics
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
_9327434
650 0 _aGenetic engineering.
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999 _c249046
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