Mapping the Human Genome: Reality, Morality, and Deity

by Theodore C. Kent

The mapping of the genetic structure of human beings is one of the most ambitious attempts by Western scientists to understand life. Advances in technology have made it possible to manipulate biological structures and have been beneficial in the fight against such diseases as Huntington's and Parkinson's. Advances in gene technology also raise the possibility of redesigning ourselves and our children. In Mapping the Human Genome Theodore C...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081919784X
• ISBN13: 9780819197849
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 154 Pages