Scholarly Article Summary
Article Link: http://search.proquest.com/docview/218673183?accountid=12073 Summary: Chase Kilmer Dr. Kyburz Colle Writing 2 (1:00pm-1:50pm) 19 October 2017 Scholarly Article Summary The scholarly article “On the scientific and ethical issues of fetal somatic gene therapy” by C. Coutelle and C. Rodeck from 2002, discusses not only the technological advancements in the field, but the risks that coincide. Coutelle and Rodeck acknowledge that there are no doubt possible consequences to what some may call ‘mad science,’ but they also inform that many people who lack information on the topic are quick to jumping to conclusions. Coutelle and Rodeck begin by expressing that it is quite unfortunate that “many of the adverse reactions to this approach [fetal gene therapy] such as accusations of wanting to play god, to manipulate the germ-li...