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Preface
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cause harm to individuals but also that such reckless efforts could derail
other important and relatively non-controversial CRISPR-Cas9 gene-
editing-based research in the process.
I believe that some scientists will try to make genetically modified
(GM) people in the coming years. Science fiction is becoming reality in
the biomedical world. This creates urgency for public education and
more dialogue about how this technology could change the world and us
with it. That change could be good, really bad, or some complicated
combination of both. For these reasons, the idea for this book came to me
with the goal being to make a positive difference in this area through
furthering education and sparking discussion.
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technology exciting. I admit that. My own team even uses this technology
on human cells, but limited to the laboratory. However, I get deeply
concerned when some talk about experimenting on human embryos
that will become future children using a new, not entirely understood
technology.
I did my best to avoid jargon as much as possible in writing. Where
it proved essential to use terminology that not everyone may be familiar
with, I have placed such words or phrases in a glossary in the back of the
book. Please turn there if you find yourself puzzling over certain words.
There are also some partially or entirely new concepts here. In those
cases, I have tried to carefully explain what I mean and include them in
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scientists and other people who played or continue to play key roles in
making human genetic modification possible in one way or another,
sometimes unintentionally. Some of the images are my own creations.
In the end I hope you enjoy this book and find it thought provoking.
You may well find yourself feeling a range of emotions as you read.
Hopefully, you will come away not only having learned new things, but
also ready to discuss or even argue (maybe with me) on this topic.
As much as I am concerned about the possibility of GMO sapiens
being created in the coming years, I do believe that if we speak out and
take action we can greatly reduce that possibility. It is also important to
encourage and advocate for useful laboratory research in the area of
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Contents
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Preface vii
xiii
Contents xv
Glossary 257
Index 263