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The Journal of Heredity 2001:92(1)
© 2001 The American Genetic Association 92:95-97

Book Review

Engineering the Human Germline. Edited by G. Stock and J. Campbell. Oxford University Press, New York. 2000. 192 pp.

Jon W. Gordon

Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology Mt. Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY 10029

Major scientific advances inevitably incite speculation about their ultimate social impact. When such speculation becomes exuberant it can drift into the realm of science fiction, a form of entertainment that is particularly diverting when predicated on tangible scientific realities. Take for example the television series Star Trek. Released in 1966, just a few years after a man first orbited the planet (Yuri Gagarin in 1961, John Glenn in 1962), this enormously popular program depicted earthlings of the future gallivanting around the galaxy at velocities exceeding the speed of light, mingling with alien life forms, transporting living beings from one place to another by disassembling and reassembling their atoms, etc. Although these futuristic visions were always understood to be fantasies, humankind's venture into space could not help but make those fantasies seem more like dreams that one day would come true. What made this series and its many sequels all . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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