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Author Rochman, Bonnie, 1972- author.

Title The gene machine : how genetic technologies are changing the way we have kids--and the kids we have / Bonnie Rochman.

Publication Info. New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.
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Edition First edition.
Description 272 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-255) and index.
Contents 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 uncertain 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.
Summary Discusses the array of prenatal and postnatal tests that are available and explores the ethical and moral issues that arise when deciding what type of information should be attained through genetic testing.
Subject Medical genetics.
Medical genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Human genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetic engineering.
Human chromosome abnormalities -- Diagnosis.
Genetic disorders.
Genetic Engineering -- trends. (DNLM)D005818Q000639
Genetic Testing -- methods. (DNLM)D005820Q000379
Genetic Diseases, Inborn -- prevention & control. (DNLM)D030342Q000517
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Pregnancy & Childbirth.
MEDICAL -- Reproductive Medicine & Technology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Genetics & Genomics.
Genetic engineering. (OCoLC)fst00940027
Human genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects. (OCoLC)fst00963085
Medical genetics. (OCoLC)fst01014133
Medical genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects. (OCoLC)fst01014139
ISBN 9780374160784 (hardcover)
0374160783 (hardcover)
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