Epigenetics
Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects
Published on 6. February 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
VI, 200 pages
978-3-658-14459-3 (ISBN)
Description
Modern epigenetics unites scientists from life sciences, organic chemistry as well as computer and engineering sciences to find an answer to the question of how environmental influences can have a lasting effect on gene expression, maybe even into the next generations. This volume examines from an interdisciplinary perspective the ethical, legal and social aspects of epigenetics.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Language
English
Place of publication
Wiesbaden
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 farbige Abbildung
VI, 200 p. 1 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
276 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-658-14459-3 (9783658144593)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-658-14460-9
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
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E-Book
01/2017
Springer VS
€69.54
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Persons
Reinhard Heil
and
Harald König
are researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
Stefanie B. Seitz was a researcher at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology until January 2016 and is currently working for the DBFZ - Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gGmbH, Leipzig.
Jürgen Robienski is a German lawyer in Hannover and Müden/Aller (Lower Saxony). He is a research fellow at the Center of Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences (CELLS) of Leibniz University in Hannover.
Stefanie B. Seitz was a researcher at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology until January 2016 and is currently working for the DBFZ - Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gGmbH, Leipzig.
Jürgen Robienski is a German lawyer in Hannover and Müden/Aller (Lower Saxony). He is a research fellow at the Center of Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences (CELLS) of Leibniz University in Hannover.
Content
Introduction.- Introduction to Epigenetics.- Too Early or Too Late? The Assessment of Emerging Technology.- Epigenetics and Genetic Determinism (in Popular Science).- Identity and Non-Identity. Intergenerational Justice as a Topic of an Ethics of Epigenetics.- Genetics, Epigenetics and Forms of Action. About the Ethical Ambivalence of Epigenetic Knowledge.- Epigenetics: Biological, Medical, Social, and Ethical Challenges.- Learning from and Shaping the Public Discourse about Epigenetics.- State of the Public Discourse on Epigenetics.- Epigenetics - New Aspects of Chemicals Policy.- Epigenetics and Legal Regulations: A challenge for the State's Obligation to Protect Environment, Individual's Health and Civil Rights.- Epigenetics and the Protection of Personality Rights.- Adam's Apple and His Legacy: Ethical Perspectives on Epigenetics with an Excursion to the Field of Body Weight Regulation.- Epigenetics and Original Sin. Theological-Ethical Reflections on Heredity and Responsibility.