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Psychiatric Genetics
From Hereditary Madness to Big Biology
Av Michael Arribas-Ayllon, Andrew Bartlett m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
712 kr
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Psychiatric genetics has become ‘Big Biology’. This may come as a surprising development to those familiar with its controversial history. From eugenic origins and contentious twin studies to a global network of laboratories employing high-throughput genetic and genomic technologies, biological …
Matrix of Stem Cell Research
An Approach to Rethinking Science in Society
Av Christine Hauskeller, Arne Manzeschke m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
742 kr
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Stem cell research has been a problematic endeavour. For the past twenty years it has attracted moral controversies in both the public and the professional sphere. The research involves not only laboratories, clinics and people, but ethics, industries, jurisprudence, and markets. Today it …
Breast Cancer Gene Research and Medical Practices
Transnational Perspectives in the Time of BRCA
Av Sahra Gibbon, Galen Joseph m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
712 kr
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The discovery of the two inherited susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 in the mid-1990s created the possibility of predictive genetic testing and led to the establishment of specific medical programmes for those at high risk of developing breast cancer in the UK, US and Europe. The book provides a …
Science and Democracy
Making Knowledge and Making Power in the Biosciences and Beyond
Av Stephen Hilgartner, Clark Miller m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
720 kr
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In the life sciences and beyond, new developments in science and technology and the creation of new social orders go hand in hand. In short, science and society are simultaneously and reciprocally coproduced and changed. Scientific research not only produces new knowledge and technological systems …
Knowing New Biotechnologies
Social Aspects of Technological Convergence
Av Matthias Wienroth, Eugénia Rodrigues
Häftad, 2019
720 kr
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The areas of personal genomics and citizen science draw on – and bring together – different cultures of producing and managing knowledge and meaning. They also cross local and global boundaries, are subjects and objects of transformation and mobility of research practices, evaluation and …
Governing the Transatlantic Conflict over Agricultural Biotechnology
Contending Coalitions, Trade Liberalisation and Standard Setting
Inbunden, 2006
2510 kr
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Delays in approving genetically modified crops and foods in the European Union have led to a high profile trade conflict with the United States. This book analyses the EU-US conflict and uses it as a case study to explore the governance of new technologies.The transatlantic conflict over GM crops …
Growth Cultures
The Global Bioeconomy and its Bioregions
Av Philip Cooke
Inbunden, 2007
3063 kr
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This groundbreaking book is the first comparative analysis of the relative strengths of global bioregions. Growth Cultures investigates the rapidly growing phenomena of biotechnology and sets this study within a knowledge economy context. Philip Cooke proposes a new knowledge-focused theoretical …
GM Debate
Risk, Politics and Public Engagement
Av Tom Horlick-Jones, John Walls m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
3168 kr
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This book tells the story of an unprecedented experiment in public participation: the government-sponsored debate on the possible commercialization of ‘GM’ crops in the UK. Giving a unique and systematic account of the debate process, this revealing volume sets it within its political and …
New Genetics, New Social Formations
Av Peter Glasner, Paul Atkinson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
2585 kr
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New genetic technologies cut across a range of public regulatory domains and private lifeworlds, often appearing to generate an institutional void in response to the complex challenges they pose. As a result, a number of new social formations are being developed to legitimate public engagement and …
New Genetics, New Identities
Av Paul Atkinson, Peter Glasner m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1566 kr
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What implications are applications of new genetic technologies in biomedicine having on social identity in today’s society? New Genetics, New Identities, a wide-ranging multi-disciplinary volume in the CESAGen Genetics & Society Book series, presents not only theoretical reflection but also …
Local Cells, Global Science
The Rise of Embryonic Stem Cell Research in India
Av Aditya Bharadwaj, Peter Glasner
Inbunden, 2008
764 kr
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One of the first studies of an exciting new development in global biotechnology, this cutting edge text examines the extent of the transnational movements of tissues, stem cells, and expertise, in the developing governance framework of India. Documenting the impact of local and global governance …
Human Cloning in the Media
From Science Fiction to Science Practice
Av Joan Haran, Jenny Kitzinger m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
2510 kr
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This book examines the making of human cloning as an imaginary practice and scientific fact. It explores the controversies surrounding both ‘therapeutic cloning’ for stem cell research and ‘reproductive’ cloning. The authors analyse the cultural production of cloning, how practices and …
Debating Human Genetics
Contemporary Issues in Public Policy and Ethics
Inbunden, 2010
2510 kr
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Debating Human Genetics is based on ethnographic research focusing primarily on the UK publics who are debating and engaging with human genetics, and related bio and techno-science. Drawing on recent interviews and data, collated in a range of public settings, it provides a unique overview of …
Debating Human Genetics
Contemporary Issues in Public Policy and Ethics
Häftad, 2010
822 kr
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Debating Human Genetics is based on ethnographic research focusing primarily on the UK publics who are debating and engaging with human genetics, and related bio and techno-science. Drawing on recent interviews and data, collated in a range of public settings, it provides a unique overview of …
International Legal Governance of the Human Genome
Inbunden, 2009
2309 kr
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The human genome is a well known symbol of scientific and technological progress in the twenty-first century. However, concerns about the exacerbation of inequalities between the rich and the poor, the developing and the developed states, the healthy and the unhealthy are causing problems for the …
Genetic Testing
Accounts of Autonomy, Responsibility and Blame
Av Michael Arribas-Ayllon, Srikant Sarangi m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
2510 kr
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Advances in molecular genetics have led to the increasing availability of genetic testing for a variety of inherited disorders. While this new knowledge presents many obvious health benefits to prospective individuals and their families it also raises complex ethical and moral dilemmas for families …
Community Genetics and Genetic Alliances
Eugenics, Carrier Testing, and Networks of Risk
Av Aviad E. Raz
Inbunden, 2009
2585 kr
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Carrier testing of adults provides information about the risk of passing a genetic mutation to your children, leading to reproductive (and some say, eugenic) decisions. Excessive carrier screening may have adverse effects, but it can also prevent suffering and open up new reproductive options. …
Creating Conditions
The making and remaking of a genetic syndrome
Av Katie Featherstone, Paul Atkinson
Inbunden, 2011
2585 kr
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Based on original ethnographic research with scientists, clinicians and families, this book examines Rett syndrome to illuminate more general issues concerning the construction and interpretation of diseases and syndromes. It derives from research with a specialist team of clinicians and …
Risky Genes
Genetics, Breast Cancer and Jewish Identity
Inbunden, 2012
2585 kr
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Ashkenazi Jews have the highest known population risk of carrying specific mutations in the high-risk breast cancer genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2. So what does it mean to be told you have an increased risk of genetic breast cancer because you are of Ashkenazi Jewish origin? In a time of ever-increasing …
Negotiating Bioethics
The Governance of UNESCO's Bioethics Programme
Inbunden, 2013
2510 kr
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A PDF version of this book is available for free in Open Access at www.tandfebooks.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license.The sequencing of the entire human genome has opened up unprecedented possibilities for healthcare, but …
Community Genetics and Genetic Alliances
Eugenics, Carrier Testing, and Networks of Risk
Av Aviad E. Raz
Häftad, 2012
772 kr
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Carrier testing of adults provides information about the risk of passing a genetic mutation to your children, leading to reproductive (and some say, eugenic) decisions. Excessive carrier screening may have adverse effects, but it can also prevent suffering and open up new reproductive options. …
Local Cells, Global Science
The Rise of Embryonic Stem Cell Research in India
Av Aditya Bharadwaj, Peter Glasner
Häftad, 2012
210 kr
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One of the first studies of an exciting new development in global biotechnology, this cutting edge text examines the extent of the transnational movements of tissues, stem cells, and expertise, in the developing governance framework of India. Documenting the impact of local and global governance …
International Legal Governance of the Human Genome
Häftad, 2012
837 kr
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The human genome is a well known symbol of scientific and technological progress in the 21st century. However, concerns about the exacerbation of inequalities between the rich and the poor, the developing and the developed states, the healthy and the unhealthy are causing problems for the progress …
GM Debate
Risk, Politics and Public Engagement
Av Tom Horlick-Jones, John Walls m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
749 kr
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This book tells the story of an unprecedented experiment in public participation: the government-sponsored debate on the possible commercialization of ‘GM’ crops in the UK. Giving a unique and systematic account of the debate process, this revealing volume sets it within its political and …
Barcoding Nature
Shifting Cultures of Taxonomy in an Age of Biodiversity Loss
Av Claire Waterton, Rebecca Ellis m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
2743 kr
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DNA Barcoding has been promoted since 2003 as a new, fast, digital genomics-based means of identifying natural species based on the idea that a small standard fragment of any organism’s genome (a so-called ‘micro-genome’) can faithfully identify and help to classify every species on the planet. The …
Gender and Genetics
Sociology of the Prenatal
Av Kate Reed
Inbunden, 2012
2510 kr
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Prenatal screening for genetic disorders is becoming an increasingly widespread phenomenon across the globe. While studies have highlighted the importance of women’s experiences of such screening, little is known about men’s roles and direct involvement in this process. With a focus on the …
Neurogenetic Diagnoses
The Power of Hope and the Limits of Today’s Medicine
Av Carole H. Browner, Mabel H. Preloran
Inbunden, 2009
2585 kr
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As world populations continue to age, the incidence of very common, ultimately fatal neurodegenerative diseases (some of medicine’s most puzzling illnesses) will increase exponentially. Neurogenetic Diagnoses, the Power of Hope, and the Limits of Today’s Medicine explores the diverse impacts and …
Neurogenetic Diagnoses
The Power of Hope and the Limits of Today’s Medicine
Av Carole H. Browner, Mabel H. Preloran
Häftad, 2010
217 kr
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As world populations continue to age, the incidence of very common, ultimately fatal neurodegenerative diseases (some of medicine’s most puzzling illnesses) will increase exponentially. Neurogenetic Diagnoses, the Power of Hope, and the Limits of Today’s Medicine explores the diverse impacts and …
GM Food on Trial
Testing European Democracy
Häftad, 2012
473 kr
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Europe was told that it had no choice but to accept agbiotech, yet this imperative was turned into a test of democratic accountability for societal choices. Since the late 1990s, European public controversy has kept the agri-biotech industry and its promoters on the defensive. As some opponents and …
Regenerating Bodies
Tissue and Cell Therapies in the Twenty-First Century
Av Julie Kent
Inbunden, 2012
2585 kr
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This exciting book examines how human tissues and cells are being exchanged, commodified and commercialized by new health technologies. Through a discussion of emergent global ‘tissue economies’ the author explores the social dynamics of innovation in the fields of tissue engineering and stem cell …
