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019 _a1303891938
020 _a9781541602854
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035 _a(OCoLC)1303669329
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092 _a660.65
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aCobb, Matthew,
_eauthor.
_9278710
245 1 0 _aAs gods :
_ba moral history of the genetic age /
_cMatthew Cobb.
250 _aFirst US edition
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books,
_c2022.
264 4 _c©2022
300 _a442 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
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336 _astill image
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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500 _a"Originally published in 2022 by Profile Books Ltd. in Great Britain"--Title page verso
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPrelude -- Tools -- Biohazards -- Asilomar -- Politics -- Business -- Bio-riches -- Frankenfood -- Suspicion -- Therapy -- Editing -- #CRISPRbabies -- Aftermath -- Ecocide -- Weapons -- Gods? -- Perspective
520 _a"The thrilling and terrifying history of genetic engineering In 2018, scientists manipulated the DNA of human babies for the first time. As biologist and historian Matthew Cobb shows in As Gods, this achievement was one many scientists have feared from the start of the genetic age. Four times in the last fifty years, geneticists, frightened by their own technology, have called a temporary halt to their experiments. They ought to be frightened: Now we have powers that can target the extinction of pests, change our own genes, or create dangerous new versions of diseases in an attempt to prevent future pandemics. Both awe-inspiring and chilling, As Gods traces the history of genetic engineering, showing that this revolutionary technology is far too important to be left to the scientists. They have the power to change life itself, but should we trust them to keep their ingenuity from producing a hellish reality? "--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aGenetic engineering
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
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650 0 _aGenetics.
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