Man and his future; a Ciba Foundation volume

Abstract

Chlorpromazine, 307 Christian ethics, 167, 379, 380 of reproduction, 275 on man's purpose, 293 on right to have children, 283 Cities, see also Towns and civilization, 169 and food technology, 42 breakdown of, 1 46 ecology of, 1 1 effect of over-population, 15 Civilization (s), and cities, 169 growth of, 126 metropolitan, environment of, 143 saturation of, by science, 1 7 1 Clark, CoHn, 23-35 Co-enzymes, 240 Comfort, Alex, 2 1 7-229 Communication, 173 between machines, 1 7 1 clumsiness of, 272 difficulties of, 325-326 extraterrestrial, 270-273 science of, 1 54 Computers, political use of, 162, 174 problems of, 171 scope of, 1 60 simulation of human brain, 181 use in medicine, 182 Conception, excess of males at, 94, 114 with preserved spermatozoa, 98 402 Index Congenital malformations, due to contraceptive agents, i lo Conscience, 328-329, 331 Constipation, and diet, 48 Contraception, 79, 341 by control of ovum growth, 88 by rhythm method, 105, 107 by use of hot baths, 105 by vasectomy, 106 comparison of methods, 84, 85 effect of genetics, 253-254 incorporation of agents into food, 103, 104 objections to, 308 political aspects, 10 1 possible use of thymus extract, 108 public opinion, 10

Artificial and Natural Genetic Information Processing

“…Soon after the detection of the molecular syntax of the genetic code and its molecular biological features the idea arose of technically manipulating genetic content arrangements for various goals such as optimisation of the human gene pool, fighting various diseases, knocking out dangerous genes, optimising plant and animal breeding, and developing new techniques such as gene therapy. 'Now, biological research is in a ferment, creating and promising methods of interference with "natural processes" which could destroy or could transform nearly every aspect of human life which we value' [Wolstenholme, 1963]. Finally, the hope is that if the human genome can be deciphered completely then it will be easier to fight the major diseases affecting humans.…”

Gene therapy. An ethical profile of a new medical territory

“…When the first officially sanctioned clinical trial in somatic gene therapy started in 1990 at the NIH, the ethical discussion had already been going on for more than two decades and the principal investigators had been involved in it for several years. They had to explain a concept of gene therapy by distinguishing gene therapy from the concept of eugenics which had been still dominant at the CIBA Foundation Symposium held in London in 1962 on the theme 'Man and His Future' [1].…”

From goodness to good looks: Changing images of human germline genetic modification

“…21 In 1963, Francis Crick described a consensus supporting "good health, high intelligence, [and] general benevolence." 22 This common grouping may reflect a folk ontology in which people consist of "mind, heart and body." 23 The ability to divide humans into just three broad components is both elegant and rhetorically powerful.…”