Screen LibraryBorn well : prenatal genetics and the future of having children /
This book brings together an international collection of experts in reproductive ethics, law, disability studies, and medicine to explore the challenging future of reproduction and children. From the medical to the social and from the financial to the legal, the authors explore the expanding impact...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham, Switzerland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2022] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
International library of bioethics,
volume 88 |
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| Summary: |
This book brings together an international collection of experts in reproductive ethics, law, disability studies, and medicine to explore the challenging future of reproduction and children. From the medical to the social and from the financial to the legal, the authors explore the expanding impact of reproductive genetics on our society. New advances in genetic technologies are revolutionizing the practice of reproductive medicine. We have expanded our ability to detect genetic changes in embryos and fetuses in ways that potentially allow to identify, treat, or prevent a growing range of diseases. The development of gene-editing technologies raises questions about the possibility of removing disease-causing variants from embryos before pregnancy implantation. The growing sophistication of prenatal genomic sequencing offers us glimpses into the whole genome of the developing fetus. And, the increasingly sophisticated science of 'gene matching' allows us greater and greater foreknowledge of how the genomes of two individuals will combine in a future child. This is an indispensable book on the newest developments in bioethics caused by the sciences. Chapter 5 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 138 pages : color illustrations, forms ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9783030825355 3030825353 |
| Index Number: | RG628 |
| CLC: | R714.5-05 |
| Call Number: | R714.5-05/B736 |