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Journal of Heredity 2004:95(3):272-272
© 2004 The American Genetic Association

Book Review

Designing Our Descendants: The Promises and Perils of Genetic Modifications

The first 10% of the full text of this article appears below.

Edited by A. R. Chapman and M. S. Frankel.

Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2003. 384 pp. $32.00.

This book is all about the genetic modification of our genome, whether it should be done at all—not only whether the research should be supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or the government, but whether this type of research should proceed at all. The authors generally take no personal stand on the issue—they present in meticulous detail what the issues are, what consequences may ensue immediately, and what the long-range prospects are if . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Kurt Benirschke

Department of Pathology UCSD Medical Center 200 W. Arbor Dr. San Diego, CA 92103


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