The gene machine : How genetic technologies are changing the way we have kids--and the kids we have (Record no. 584907)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789386215888
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 616.042 ROC-G
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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
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Extent 272 pages ; 24 cm
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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.
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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.
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