Humanity 2.0? Enhancement, evolution and the possible futures of humanity

EMBO Reports

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Chan, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA; FOLIC ACID; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DNA MODIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERM LINE GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKEMIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK REDUCTION; SPINA BIFIDA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WELLBEING;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENHANCEMENT; EVOLUTION; FORECASTING; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 45749142061     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2008.105     Document Type: Article

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