CRISPR people : the science and ethics of editing humans / Henry T. Greely.

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"Beginning with the amazing tale of the Chinese "CRISPR Babies," Greely tells the complex story of human germline editing, covering the science, ethics, law, and politics"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greely, Henry T. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Gene editing.
Human genome.
Gene Editing.
Genome, Human.
Physical Description:xiii, 380 pages ; 21 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Just What Did He Jiankui Do?
  • Human Germline Genome Editing-What Is It?
  • CRISPR-What Is It and Why Is It Important, and who will benefit from it?
  • Ethics Discussion of CRISPR'd Babies before He
  • The Law of CRISPR'd Babies before He
  • The He Experiment Revealed
  • The World Reacts-And So Does China
  • Who Knew What When?-Revelations of Pre-Summit Knowledge
  • Assessing the He Experiment
  • Responses
  • Is Human Germline Genome Editing Inherently Bad?
  • Could Human Germline Genome Editing Sometimes Be Bad?
  • Just How Useful Is Human Germline Genome Editing?
  • How To Test Human Germline Genome Editing
  • The Big Decisions-and How To Make Them
  • Conclusion.