Race decoded [[electronic resource] ] : the genomic fight for social justice / / Catherine Bliss
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| Autore: |
Bliss Catherine
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| Titolo: |
Race decoded [[electronic resource] ] : the genomic fight for social justice / / Catherine Bliss
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| Pubblicazione: | Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 572.8/6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Race |
| Human genome | |
| Genomics - Social aspects | |
| Genomics - Moral and ethical aspects | |
| Social justice | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Race decoded |
| ISBN: | 0-8047-8205-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790265803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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