"Describes the development and potential impacts of CRISPR gene editing, stem cell research, extending life, cloning, lab-grown foods, and other biotechnology of tomorrow."-- Provided by publisher.

If our genes are, to a great extent, our destiny, then what would happen if mankind could engineer and alter the very essence of our DNA coding? Millions might be spared the devastating effects of hereditary disease or the challenges of disability, whether it was the pain of sickle-cell anemia to the ravages of Huntington's disease. But this power to "play God" also raises major ethical questions and poses threats for potential misuse. For decades,...