Author: KORNFELDT, TORILL; FIONA GRAHAM TRANSLATOR
Title: The Unnatural Selection of Our Species: At the Frontier of Gene Editing
Description: London: Legend Times Group, 2021. First English Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 180031342X. B & W ; 5 3/4 x 8 3/4"; 218 pages; Hard cover is red with gold lettering on the spine. DJ. Black endpapers. NEW. Illustrated with b/w pictures. Originally published in Swedish. 'The advancement of the new genetic technology has hurtled forward at breakneck speed. When the first genetically modified children, the twins Lulu and Nana, were born in China in 2018, it became clear that humanity was facing possibilities that we had, previously, only been able to imagine. With the pair of genetic scissors known as CRISPR, we could potentially choose the traits of our children and avoid ageing and disease. But with that ability comes a new set of risks, forcing us to face hard ethical and societal questions. Torill Kornfeldt has traveled all over the world to meet the people who are driving the research forward. She has visited fertility clinics in South Korea, oncologists in China who are experimenting on sick patients, and biohackers in the US who want to make the new technology available to everyone. In The Unnatural Selection of Our Species, she examines recent developments in gene editing and what might still be waiting around the corner.' Glossary.. New in New dust jacket .

Keywords: 180031342x Life Sciences; Genes; Genetic Engineering; Genetics; Biology; Education; Reference; Ethics; Education Science World History Reference Government/Economics/Law/Politics