The gene machine : How genetic technologies are changing the way we have kids--and the kids we have (Record no. 297117)
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| fixed length control field | 01454nam a22001577a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789386215888 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 616.042 ROC-G |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bonnie Rochman |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The gene machine : How genetic technologies are changing the way we have kids--and the kids we have |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2017 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 272 pages ; 24 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | "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, "--NoveList. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction -- 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 unknown 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. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Medical genetics. Medical genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects. Human genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
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| Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Processing Center | 28/06/2019 | 616.042 ROC-G | DCB3754 | 28/06/2019 | 28/06/2019 | Book | |||||
| IUCEIB Library, University of Kerala | IUCEIB Library, University of Kerala | General Stacks | 30/09/2021 | 616.042 ROC.G | CEB968 | 30/09/2021 | 30/09/2021 | Book |