The Unedited [electronic resource] : A Novel About Genome and Identity / by Pernille Rørth.

By: Rørth, Pernille [author.]Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service)Material type: Text

TextSeries: Science and FictionPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020Edition: 1st ed. 2020Description: VI, 250 p. 1 illus. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783030346249Subject(s): Life sciences | Medicine | Health | Human genetics | Ethics | Evolutionary biology | Popular Life Sciences | Popular Science in Medicine and Health | Human Genetics | Ethics | Evolutionary BiologyAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 570 LOC classification: QH1-278.5Online resources: Click here to access online

Contents:

Part 1: The wall -- The day of the readings -- Transit interviews -- The truth will set you free -- Part 2: Home -- Unrest -- The witch -- Business acumen -- Father Marius -- Peas and politics -- Part 3: Return -- Safe haven -- Summer rain -- Part 4: Scientific Appendix. Manipulating the Human Genome: Technology and Choice.

In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: 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.

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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.