With chimerical experiments already underway that insert human brain cells into mice and pigs, and with bio-nanotechnology waiting impatiently in the wings, what we lack is a vigorous and spirited public forum in which to examine and engage such developments. No more. The idea of a Genetic Bill of Rights is the provocative jump-start to a serious discussion of policy and action options-a collection presented in lucid prose and grounded in clear thinking.

Troy Duster, Emeritus Chancellor's Professor, University of California, Berkeley

The authors represented in this edited compilation call for a genetic Bill of Rights, in a sensible, humane, and rational manner. An interesting read! Highly recommended.

Choice Reviews

This book is a wonderful contribution to a much needed assessment of the potential dangers awaiting us if we proceed in a reckless way.

Nature Biotechnology

a very thought-provoking book and [I] heartily recommend it.

2008, Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

This book is a wonderful blend of the radical and the conservative. It is radical, and persuasive, in proposing a genetic bill of rights. It is conservative, and no less persuasive, in warning us to keep the genetic developments under close scrutiny and control. If we may need some of the genetic developments we no less need to be protected from some of them as well. An impressive and needed book.

Daniel Callahan, cofounder and President Emeritus, The Hastings Center