Bibliograph

The gene machine, how genetic technologies are changing the way we have kids--and the kids we have, Bonnie Rochman

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The gene machine, how genetic technologies are changing the way we have kids--and the kids we have, Bonnie Rochman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The gene machine

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1030533477

Responsibility statement

Bonnie Rochman

Sub title

how genetic technologies are changing the way we have kids--and the kids we have

Summary

"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

Table Of Contents

1.How the Jews Beat Tay-Sachs: Screening for Disease Before Pregnancy -- 2.Playing God: How Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Is Rewriting Family History -- 3.The Other Scarlet "A": Abortion's Relationship to Genetic Testing -- 4.Silencing a Gene: The Future of Down Syndrome -- 5.What Do Parents Want to Know? Grappling with Variants of Uncertain Significance -- 6.The Right to an Open Future: Navigating the Return of Results -- 7.How to Hunt a Zebra: Ending the Rare-Disease Diagnostic Odyssey -- 8.The Genie in the Bottle: Sequencing Newborn Babies

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