Forget worries about cloning people. In the future, technological advances will bring far more meaningful & controversial changes to our offspring. As scientists rapidly improve their ability to identify, screen & manipulate genes, people will want to protect their future children from diseases, help them live longer & even influence their looks & their abilities. Author Stock, an expert on the implications of recent advances in reproductive biology, clearly shows that neither governments nor religious groups will be able to stop the coming trend of choosing an embryo¿s genes, & that there is little point in even trying. ¿An important book about a technology that could alter the human race & one that will be upon us much sooner than most people think.¿.