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""Wondergenes"" is a serious, accessible introduction to the social and personal implications of genetic engineering. Mehlman weighs the social and economic costs of the many proposals to regulate or limit genetic engineering and provides six concrete policy recommendations-from professional licensing to a ban on germ-line enhancement-that propose to make the future of genetic enhancement more equitable and safe.

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Wondergenes is a spirited and lively guide to the promises and perils of genetic enhancement. Well-grounded in the science, [the book] poses the central ethical questions posed by enhancement, explains the legal context, and offers intriguing suggestions for law and public policy. -Thomas H. Murray, President, The Hastings Center Mehlman deftly explores this powerfully seductive and socially destabilizing biotechnology, and authoritatively suggests legal steps we humans must take to regulate it if we are to have any real chance to garner its benefits and avoid its species-wide destructive potential. -George J. Annas, author of The Rights of Patients and c -founder of Global Lawyers and Physicians Wondergenes is Maxwell Mehlman's wake-up call to a world that hasn't quite figured out that our genetic future is here.A whole generation of children, senior citizens, and the middle aged are drinking, injecting and pumping chemicals into their bodies to get `an edge' in every aspect of life.Is that good? Is that fair to the rest of the world-or even the rest of the soccer team? Mehlman is brilliant, and this is the most sophisticated discussion of enhancement ever written, covering the ethical, legal and personal issues that are already on our doorstep. This book will be on the shelf of every policymaker, clergyperson, and businessnessperson who wants to `get ahead' on the subject of `getting ahead.' -Glenn McGee, Editor, The American Journal of Bioethics

<p> Wondergenes is a spirited and lively guide to the promises and perils ofgenetic enhancement. Well -- grounded in the science, [the book] poses the centralethical questions posed by enhancement, explains the legal context, and offersintriguing suggestions for law and public policy. -- Thomas H. Murray, President, The Hastings Center

<p> Wondergenes is Maxwell Mehlman's wake -- up call to a world that hasn'tquite figured out that our genetic future is here. A whole generation of children, senior citizens, and the middle aged are drinking, injecting and pumping chemicalsinto their bodies to get 'an edge' in every aspect of life. Is that good? Is thatfair to the rest of the world -- or even the rest of the soccer team? Mehlman isbrilliant, and this is the most sophisticated discussion of enhancement everwritten, covering the ethical, legal and personal issues that are already on ourdoorstep. This book will be on the shelf of every policymaker, clergyperson, andbusinessnessperson who wants to 'get ahead' on the subject of 'getting ahead.' --Glenn McGee, Editor, The American Journal of Bioethics

<p> Wondergenes is Maxwell Mehlman's wake -- up call to a world that hasn'tquite figured out that our genetic future is here. A whole generation of children, senior citizens, and the middle aged are drinking, injecting and pumping chemicalsinto their bodies to get 'an edge' in every aspect of life. Is that good? Is thatfair to the rest of the world -- or even the rest of the soccer team? Mehlman isbrilliant, and this is the most sophisticated discussion of enhancement everwritten, covering the ethical, legal and personal issues that are already on ourdoorstep. This book will be on the shelf of every policymaker, clergyperson, andbusinessnessperson who wants to 'get ahead' on the subject of 'getting ahead.' --Glenn McGee, Editor, The American Journal of Bioethics--Glenn McGee, Editor, The American Journal of Bioethics

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Maxwell J. Mehlman is Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law and Director of the Law-Medicine Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, and Professor of Biomedical Ethics at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He is co-author of Access to the Genome: The Challenge to Equality and co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues in Biotechnology. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

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