May We Make the World?
Gene Drives, Malaria, and the Future of Nature
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- Paperback
428 pages
- Release Date
16 January 2024
Summary
May We Make the World?
An in-depth look at genetic alteration in the natural world and the oppositions to it, seen through the case study of a gene drive for malaria.
May We Make the World? is an engaging reflection on the history, nature, goal, and meaning of using a new technological idea-CRISPR-based genetic engineering-to alter the genome of the mosquito that carries malaria. This technology, called a “gene drive,” can alter the sex ratio in Anopheles gambia…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262546980 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262546981 |
| Author: | Laurie Zoloth |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 428 |
| Release Date: | 16 January 2024 |
| Weight: | 510g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 29mm |
| Series: | Basic Bioethics |
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About The Author
Laurie Zoloth
Laurie Zoloth is Margaret E. Burton Professor of Religion and Ethics at the University of Chicago. She has been President of both the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities and the American Academy of Religion and was the Founding Chair of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Bioethics Advisory Committee. She is the author or coeditor of nine books on bioethics, the humanities, and emerging science, including The Human Embryonic Stem Cell Debate.
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