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100 1 $aSilver, Lee M.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82218516
245 10 $aRemaking Eden :$bcloning and beyond in a brave new world /$cLee M. Silver.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAvon Books,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $aviii, 317 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-306) and index.
505 00 $tPrologue: A Glimpse of Things to Come --$g1.$tWhat Is Life? --$g2.$tWhere Does Life Come From? --$g3.$tDoe Your First Cell Deserve Respect? --$g4.$tFrom Your First Cell to You --$g5.$tBabies Without Sex --$g6.$tIn Vitro Fertilization and the Dawn of a New Age --$g7.$tFrozen Life --$g8.$tFrom Science Fiction to Reality --$g9.$tHuman "Cuttings" --$g10.$tWhere Will Cloning Lead Us? --$g11.$tThree Mothers and Two Fathers --$g12.$tContracting for a Biological Mother --$g13.$tBuying and Selling Sperm and Eggs --$g14.$tConfused Heritage --$g15.$tShared Genetic Motherhood --$g16.$tCould a Father Be a Mother? --$g17.$tThe Virtual Child --$g18.$tThe Designer Child --$tEpilogue: Human Destiny?
520 $aRemaking Eden is a fascinating exploration of the future of reprogenetic technologies - a cautiously optimistic look at the scientific advances that will allow us to engineer life in ways that were unimaginable just a few short years ago. Indeed, in ways that go far beyond cloning, and that are at once more thrilling and more frightening.
520 8 $aCould a woman give birth to her identical twin sister? Could a child have two genetic mothers? Could a man become pregnant? Could parents choose not only the physical characteristics of their children-to-be, but personalities and talents as well? Will genetic enhancement ultimately change the very nature of our species? The answers will excite some and alarm others. Silver demystifies the science involved in all these possibilities, calmly and efficiently dismantling our preconceptions and misconceptions.
520 8 $aThroughout, he examines the profound ethical questions raised by these new technologies. Yet he reminds us that the desire both to have children and to provide them with all possible advantages in life is a uniquely powerful force - a force, he suggests, that will overcome all political and societal attempts to curb the use of reprogenetics.
650 0 $aHuman reproductive technology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88005587
650 0 $aGenetic engineering.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85053855
650 0 $aCloning.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85027122
650 0 $aHuman genetics.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062875
852 00 $bbar$hRG133.5$i.S56 1997