This old house
The human genome and human body as objects of historic preservation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12061963 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Wasserman (0000-0002-0871-4599, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 43-47 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics and the Life Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0730-9384 • E-ISSN: 1471-5457 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0730938400006286 |
| PMID | 16859360 |
| OpenAlex | W1545053937 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Should scientific efforts to make enduring modifications in the human genome and the human form be constrained not only by prudence but by reverence? Would sudden or comprehensive changes in our genomes or our bodies threaten objects or processes of great historic and cultural value? Such fears of destruction and discontinuity are exaggerated and confused
Biology · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Genealogy · Genome · Human genome · Political science · Prudence · Reverence · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · History · Law · Philosophy · Race, Genetics, and Society · Genetics
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |