Human Genetic Engineering: A Guide for Activists, Skeptics, and the Very Perplexed

by Pete Shanks

The debate over human Genetic Engineering (GE) is about to go mainstream. Not as a one-day wonder about cloning or a theological disagreement about embryos, but as a major political issue, driven in part by a grassroots movement of opposition. Human Genetic Engineering is a highly readable and entertaining guide. It explains in accessible language for a popular audience the essential questions that will arise in the future What is human GE? Will it work? What perspectives should we remember? Who is doing what, and why?

336 pages, Paperback

First published May 10, 2005

Reviews

[Vicki · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice review, even for someone with my scientific background. I found it a great book to read on the excercise bike.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was extremely helpful, informative, and interesting as well.