Race decoded [[electronic resource] ] : the genomic fight for social justice / / Catherine Bliss

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462161703321
• Autore: Bliss Catherine
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2012
• ISBN: 0-8047-8205-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 572.8/6
• Soggetti: Race; Human genome; Genomics - Social aspects; Genomics - Moral and ethical aspects; Social justice; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The New Science of Race; 2. Making Science Racial; 3. The Sociogenomic Paradigm; 4. Making Sense of Race with Values; 5. Everyday Race-Positive; 6. Activism and Expertise; 7. The Enduring Trouble with Race; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In 2000, with the success of the Human Genome Project, scientists declared the death of race in biology and medicine. But within five years, many of these same scientists had reversed course and embarked upon a new hunt for the biological meaning of race. Drawing on personal interviews and life stories, Race Decoded takes us into the world of elite genome scientists-including Francis Collins, director of the NIH; Craig Venter, the first person to create a synthetic genome; and Spencer Wells, National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence, among others-to show how and why they ar