The Unedited
Author | : Pernille Rørth |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2020-01-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783030346249 |
ISBN-13 | : 3030346242 |
Rating | : 4/5 (242 Downloads) |
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.