This timely volume clearly lays out the central ethical questions raised by today's rapid
advances in biotechnology. James Peterson sorts through the maze of clinical decisions …

Is inheritable genetic modification the new dividing line in gene therapy? The editors of this
searching investigation, representing clinical medicine, public health and biomedical ethics …

Genetic enhancement is the modification of the human genome for the purpose of improving
capacities or 'adding in'desired characteristics. Although this technology is still largely …

ABSTRACT “Manipulation” per se is not bad. The crucial question in the moral debate about
genetic engineering is: When and how are we allowed to manipulate? Unfortunately, the …

As a philosopher interested in biomedical ethics, I find recent advances in genetic
technologies both fascinating and frightening. Future technologies for genetic therapies and …

This book, written by four internationally renowned bioethicists and first published in 2000,
was the first systematic treatment of the fundamental ethical issues underlying the …

To write a brief history of the discussions of ethics and human genetic research and therapy
is something of a temptation, but one to be overcome. All that is needed is a reminder of the …

Advances in genetics research, largely, though not entirely, spawned by the Human
Genome Project, have led to a broad array of new technologies that promise to revolutionize …

The subject of human genetic engineering, along with organ transplantation, psychosurgery
and mechanical ventilation, served to establish'bioethics' in the late 60s as a new inquiry …

Fueled by rapid advances in the availability of genetic information and the capability to
intervene in response to it, a genetic revolution is now underway that has profound …