Author : Pernille Rørth
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030346242
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)
Book Synopsis The Unedited by : Pernille Rørth
Download or read book The Unedited written by Pernille Rørth and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel is set in the near future, where human genome editing has become routine. First adopted to fight a lethal virus, it is now widely used to prevent diseases and favor other traits. Ben, Eiko, Celia, Raphael and Leo have just had their coming-of-age genome reading and are struggling with this new information for each their own reasons. Soon, they are cast into the middle of a crisis that threatens the future of their society and pits it against a parallel, but strictly separated, society where genome manipulation is forbidden on religious grounds. The book includes an essay on the potential of human genome engineering and related genome-based choices.