Overview
- The first human babies with edited genomes were born in late 2018. The technology is here. What do we do with it?
- Addressing this via fiction allows exploration of both societal and personal issues
- The accompanying scientific appendix discusses current genetic and genomic techniques and what (ethical) challenges they pose
Part of the book series: Science and Fiction (SCIFICT)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part I
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Part II
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Part III
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About this book
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.Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Pernille Rørth has led research labs at top institutions around the world, including European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and Carnegie Institution for Science, Dept. of Embryology, U.S.A., and has published numerous highly appreciated scientific papers in the fields of genetics and cell biology. She also served as Executive Editor (Editor-in-Chief) of The EMBO Journal for five years. Her previous novels ‘Raw Data’ and ‘Tumble Hitch’ (Springer, 2016 & 2018), explore ambition in the world of science and its impact on personal relationships. ‘Severe Penalties’ is a legal thriller set in Singapore (2017).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Unedited
Book Subtitle: A Novel About Genome and Identity
Authors: Pernille Rørth
Series Title: Science and Fiction
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34624-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-34623-2Published: 24 January 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-34624-9Published: 23 January 2020
Series ISSN: 2197-1188
Series E-ISSN: 2197-1196
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 250
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Popular Life Sciences, Popular Science in Medicine and Health, Human Genetics, Ethics, Evolutionary Biology