What...are the long-term risks of the way chemotherapy changes human cellular structure? What are the consequences of genetic editing (cloning, genome mapping) to create and shape human life? With scalpel-like precision, anthropologist Eben Kirksey carves away at these questions ... Various questions fuel his search ... The Mutant Project might provoke and disturb as it raises unsettling questions about the nature of human life, technology and corporate and personal greed, but Kirksey’s entertaining and fascinating combination of detective story, medical history and ethics is a must-read.
A fascinating albeit chilling account of how human embryo engineering moved from the realm of sf to scientific fact. Recommended for anyone interested in the brave new world of genetic engineering technologies.
Lucid study of recent efforts to alter the human gene to end hereditary diseases, a project fraught with ethical and medical implications ... A readable, provocative look at biological tinkering that will doubtless shape the future, whether we like it or not.
... [an] unfortunately lackluster treatise ... looks into the field’s ethical questions ... To illustrate these concerns, Kirksey introduces intriguing characters ... However, Kirksey’s discussions of the affordability problem yield no convincing solutions, and he...repeatedly refers to one person or another as a 'white guy,' striking an odd note. Those looking for an in-depth analysis of the possibilities and dilemmas of gene editing will be disappointed.
