The Unedited: A Novel About Genome and Identity

The Unedited: A Novel About Genome and Identity
ISBN-10
3030346242
ISBN-13
9783030346249
Category
Science
Pages
250
Language
English
Published
2020-01-23
Publisher
Springer Nature
Author
Pernille Rørth

Description

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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