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Genetics and the Law III

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Editors:
  1. Aubrey Milunsky

    1. Center for Human Genetics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA

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  2. George J. Annas

    1. Health Law Section, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston, USA

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Table of contents (35 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Biotechnology: Boon or Bane?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Future of Genetic Manipulation

      1. Can We Cure Genetic Disorders?
        • Leon E. Rosenberg
        Pages 5-13
      2. Regulating Genetic Technology
        • Norman Fost
        Pages 15-21
      3. Unsplicing the Gordian Knot
        • Alexander Morgan Capron
        Pages 23-35

    3. The University—Industry—Government Complex

      1. The Academic-Corporate Merger in Medicine
        • Arnold S. Relman
        Pages 39-43
      2. The Corporate Capture of Academic Science and Its Social Costs
        • Sheldon Krimsky
        Pages 45-55
      3. The Double Helix and the Research Triangle
        • Robert B. Nicholas
        Pages 57-71

    4. Human Applications of Genetic Engineering

      1. Commerce and the Future of Gene Transfer
        • Tabitha M. Powledge
        Pages 75-79
      2. The Human Problem of Human Genetic Engineering
        • J. Robert Nelson
        Pages 81-95
      3. Mapping the Human Genome Using Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms
        • David Botstein
        Pages 97-105
      4. Mapping the Human Genome
        • Ruth Macklin
        Pages 107-114
      5. Genetic Alteration of Embryos
        • John A. Robertson
        Pages 115-133

  3. New Ways of Making Babies: Brave New World

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. Laboratories for Babies

      1. Legal Regulation of Artificial Insemination and the New Reproductive Technologies
        • Joseph M. Healey Jr.
        Pages 139-145
      2. Social Policy Considerations in Noncoital Reproduction
        • George J. Annas, Sherman Elias
        Pages 147-158
      3. Social Justice in New Reproductive Techniques
        • Rebecca Dresser
        Pages 159-179

    3. Having Other People’s Babies

      1. Surrogate Motherhood
        • Bernard M. Dickens
        Pages 183-214
      2. Ethical Issues in Human <i>in Vitro</i> Fertilization and Embryo Transfer
        • LeRoy Walters
        Pages 215-225
      3. Eugenic Sterilization in the United States
        • Philip R. Reilly
        Pages 227-248
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, ... it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. . . . -Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities Dickens, of course, did not have the contemporary dilemmas of modern genetics in mind. Indeed, we need to remind ourselves how short the history of modern genetics really is. Recognition that genetic traits are carried by deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) occurred only about 40 years ago. Knowledge of the three-dimensional structure of DNA is only about 30 years old. The correct number of human chromosomes was not deter­ mined until the mid-1950s, and Down syndrome was recognized only in 1959. It was not until in 1968 that the exact location of a gene was determined on an autosomal chromo­ some, and the study of genes, rather than their protein products, has been possible for barely a decade.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Human Genetics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA

    Aubrey Milunsky

  • Health Law Section, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston, USA

    George J. Annas

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Genetics and the Law III

  • Editors: Aubrey Milunsky, George J. Annas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4952-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Aubrey Milunsky and George J. Annas 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-4954-9Published: 17 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-4952-5Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 514

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Human Genetics

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