Gmo Sapiens The Life Changing Science Of Designer Babies 1st Edition by Paul Knoepfler ISBN 978-9814678537 9814678537

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ISBN 10:   9814678537

ISBN 13: 978-9814678537

Author: Paul Knoepfler

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) including plants and foods are a hot topic of debate today, but soon related technology could go much further and literally change what it means to be human. Scientists are on the verge of being able to create people who are GMOs.
Should they do it? Could we become a healthier and ‘better’ species or might eugenics go viral leading to a real, new world of genetic dystopia? GMO Sapiens tackles such questions by taking a fresh look at the cutting-edge biotech discoveries that have made genetically modified people possible.
Bioengineering, genomics, synthetic biology, and stem cells are changing sci-fi into reality before our eyes. This book will capture your imagination with its clear, approachable writing style. It will draw you into the fascinating discussion of the life-changing science of human genetic modification.
Readership: Undergraduate biology majors, graduate biology majors, non-experts interested in GMOs, biologists and teenagers interested in cloning and human genetic modification. ***2015 Indiefab Science Book of the Year Bronze Winner***

Table of contents: 

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Playing God
1.1 Genetically Modified (GM) Human Embryos
1.2 You’re Only Human … But Your Kids Could Be More
1.3 On the Menu: IVF Meets GMO
1.4 Cutting Edge Technology: CRISPR-Cas9
1.5 Your Better Baby
1.6 GMO Genesis
1.7 The Stem Cell and Cloning Connections
1.8 References

Chapter 2: The Birth and Explosive Growth of GMOs
2.1 GM Plants Sprout
2.2 Where Did GMOs Come From?
2.3 The Race for GM Crops
2.4 Democratizing Creation
2.5 GM Pets and Novelties
2.6 GM Mosquitoes as Good “Weapons” to Fight Disease
2.7 Defining Human Genetic Modification
2.8 Gene Therapy
2.9 References

Chapter 3: Human Cloning
3.1 A Student and the First Clone
3.2 Cloning Culture
3.3 The Birth of Cloning
3.4 The Two Kinds of Cloning
3.5 Phony Cloning
3.6 Cloning Myths
3.7 The Politics of Cloning
3.8 De-Extinction: Resurrecting the Extinct
3.9 Cloning Meets GMOs?
3.10 Cloners and Friends
3.11 Who Will Be the First Human Clones?
3.12 References

Chapter 4: Messing with Mother Nature – The First GMO Sapiens
4.1 The Birth of IVF and a Devilish Dilemma
4.2 The “Cowboys of Medicine” Make First GM Babies
4.3 Would It Be Legal to Make a GMO Sapiens?
4.4 Monkeying Around with Primate Eggs and Genomes
4.5 The Future of Three-Person IVF
4.6 References

Chapter 5: Build-a-Baby Better via Genetics
5.1 The Genesis of Commercial Human Genetic Testing
5.2 Genetics Dating and Mating Service: I Prefer a Child With …
5.3 Changing the Genetic Equation via Designer Babies?
5.4 Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)
5.5 CRISPR versus PGD
5.6 Sex Selection
5.7 Savior Siblings
5.8 Human GMO Economics
5.9 OvaScience
5.10 Mitogenome Therapeutics
5.11 Genetics and Human Choices
5.12 Genetic Tourism
5.13 Are Designer Babies the Next Step on the GM Timeline?
5.14 References

Chapter 6: DIY Guide to Creating GMO Sapiens
6.1 Why Make a GMO Sapiens and What Is Your Target?
6.2 The CRISPR Connection
6.3 CRISPR as a Laboratory Tool
6.4 In the Laboratory: Begin at the Beginning
6.5 A la Carte Genetic Modifications
6.6 A Potential Role for Stem Cells
6.7 Build a Better Mouse and They Will Come: The Experience of Making a GMO
6.8 What If You Make a Mistake?
6.9 What Could Go Wrong
6.10 Could We Correct a Mistake?
6.11 Practical Challenges to Making a GMO Sapiens
6.12 References

Chapter 7: Eugenics and Transhumanism
7.1 Eugenics Takes Root in California
7.2 “Better Babies” Through Eugenics
7.3 IVF and Eugenics
7.4 What Is a “Better” or “Perfect” Person?
7.5 Should We Try to Make “Better Babies” via Genetic Modification?
7.6 Transhumanism: Getting from Point ACGT to H+
7.7 George Church – Genetics Pioneer and Transhumanist
7.8 Forced Genetic Change: Gene Drive and Weapons
7.9 References

Chapter 8: Cultural Views on Human Genetic Modification
8.1 Public Perceptions of Human Modification
8.2 American Views on Creating GM Humans
8.3 Global Views on Human Genetic Modification
8.4 Frankenstein Revisited
8.5 The Brothers Huxley
8.6 GATTACA
8.7 DNA Dreams and Reality
8.8 Orphan Black
8.9 An Artist’s View of Human Cloning
8.10 Genetic Discrimination or Celebrity
8.11 Gender Issues in Human Modification
8.12 Letting Your GMO Imagination Run Wild
8.13 How Will Culture View Real GMO Sapiens?
8.14 References

Chapter 9: GMO Sapiens Today and Tomorrow
9.1 Creation of the First Gene-Edited Human Embryos
9.2 “Don’t Edit the Human Germline”
9.3 “Prudent Path Forward”
9.4 ABCD Plan
9.5 Stanford Law Meeting on Human Genetic Modification
9.6 George Church on Human Genetic Modification
9.7 Oxford Ethicists: Don’t Worry, Just Do It!
9.8 The Human Genome as Ever-Changing Mashup?
9.9 The Future of Human Genetic Modification

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