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Gregory Stock.

Authors :
McCarthy, Michael
Source :
Lancet. 5/8/2004, Vol. 363 Issue 9420, p1560-1560. 1p. 1 Color Photograph.
Publication Year :
2004

Abstract

Interviews Gregory Stock who is an expert in the field of technology in medicine. How he is predicting that some day we will routinely use genetic engineering to remake our own biology and redesign our children; He believes that effort to stop embryonic stem cell and other medical research is futile and possibly dangerous; Stock, the director of the programme on medicine, technology and society at the University of California at Los Angeles is an outspoken proponent of stem cell research and human genetic engineering; Why he thinks research has been tied up in the United States; His belief that it is only a matter of time before the world is able to select traits in offspring; "Redesigning Humans: Choosing our Genes, Changing our Future," which is his book on the topic.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01406736
Volume :
363
Issue :
9420
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Lancet
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
13051999
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16174-6