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Title The gene machine : how genetic technologies are changing the way we have kids -- and the kids we have / Bonnie Rochman.
Publisher New York : Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.
Copyright ©2017
Description 272 pages ; 24 cm
Edition First edition.


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 EI-Adult Collection  616.042 ROC Nearby on shelf  30626003096068 09-01-17  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents How the Jews beat Tay-Sachs : screening for disease before pregnancy -- Playing God: How preimplantation genetic diagnosis is rewriting family history -- The other scarlet "A": abortion's relationship to genetic testing -- Silencing a gene: the future of Down Syndrome -- What do parents want to know? Grappling with variants of uncertain significance -- The right to an open future: navigating the return of results -- How to hunt a zebra: ending the rare-disease diagnostic odyssey -- The genie in the bottle: sequencing newborn babies.
Summary "A researched exploration of the promises and vulnerabilities of having children in an age of genetic tests and interventions considers key scientific, technological and political factors while sharing the stories of men and women struggling to understand the range of the tests and their revelations." -- Provided by publisher.
Subject Genetic engineering.
Human chromosome abnormalities -- Diagnosis.
Genetic disorders -- Prevention.
ISBN 9780374160784
0374160783