Redesigning Humans, Our Inevitable Genetic Future : Our Inevitable Genetic Future

Writing for the lay reader, Stock, the director of the Program on Medicine, Technology, and Society at the School of Public Health at UCLA, discusses the science, potential impact, and many controversies surrounding the development of germline engineering, which involves selectively altering human genetic code in a way that will be transmitted to one's offspring. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)