Genes, Cells and Brains
Genes, Cells and Brains Our fates lie in our genes and not in the stars, said James Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA. Since the launch of the multibillion-dollar Human Genome Project,…
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Genes, Cells and Brains
Our fates lie in our genes and not in the stars, said James Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA. Since the launch of the multibillion-dollar Human Genome Project, the biosciences have promised miraculous cures and radical new ways of understanding who we are. But Watson could not have predicted the scale of the industry now dedicated to this new frontier.
The authors, feminist sociologist Hilary Rose and neuroscientist Steven Rose, examine the establishment of biobanks, the rivalries between public and private gene sequencers, and the rise of stem cell research. But where is the new world we were promised?Now updated with a new afterword, Genes, Cells and Brains asks why the promised cornucopia of health benefits has failed to emerge and reveals the questionable enterprise that has grown out of bioethics. The human body is becoming a commodity, and the unfulfilled
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