Author: Faith Lagay
Faith Lagay is a senior research associate in the Ethics Standards Group at the American Medical Association.
Humanitas and the Human Genome
A guiding principle for decision making Genetic scientists predict that we will one day be able to ratchet gene expression up and down rheostatically, not only to evade inherited illness and disability but to alter physical appearance and function, retard the aging process, enhance cognition and perhaps even talent, and shape personality and behavior in …