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Biotechnology, Ethics, and Society: The Case of Genetic Manipulation

Vicente Bellver Capella

subject

Genetic Medicinebusiness.industryPolitical scienceHuman lifeEngineering ethicsDna double helixbusinessHuman beingBiotechnology

description

Biotechnologies are transforming human existence and their potential ever increasing. The discovery of the DNA double helix in 1953 paved the way for genetic medicine and even the possibility to alter the genetic makeup of human beings. Since then, the capacity of the human being to learn about and intervene in his own biological makeup has not ceased to grow.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21870-0_7