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Book SynopsisThe genetic revolution has provided incredibly valuable information about our DNA, information that can be used to benefit and inform - but also to judge, discriminate, and abuse. This book gives the background information critical to understanding how genetics is affecting our everyday lives.
Trade Review"Goes a long way toward exploring these issues in a painstaking yet readable scholarly treatise... Throughout, they make a convincing case that we are not our genome alone." New England Journal Of Medicine "The book is anything but dry reporting... An enjoyable and stimulating read for specialists in the field and the curious public alike." Science (AAAS) "Readers will come away with a realistic and encouraging perspective on medical genetics, providing that neither fantastic optimism nor abject fear is necessary to make the true story of DNA exciting." Qtly Review Of Biology "Readers will come away with a realistic and encouraging perspective on medical genetics, proving that neither fantastic optimism nor abject fear is necessary to make the true story of DNA exciting." Qtly Review Of Biology
Table of ContentsForeword by Victor A. McKusick Acknowledgments 1. DNA Sequence Does Not Equal Destiny 2. What Is Genomics? 3. Genetic Determinism 4. The Evolution and Deconstruction of Human-Centered Biology 5. Race and Ethnicity: Your History Is Written in Your Genes 6. Gender as a Spectrum, Not a Dichotomy 7. Genome-Based Forensics 8. When Genes Belong to Groups and Not Individuals 9. Genes as Commodities: Ownership of Genes by Business Interests 10. Protection against Genetic Discrimination: The New Civil Right 11. Reproductive Technologies: On the Road to Designer Babies? 12. Reproductive Cloning: From Farm Animals to Pets to Humans? 13. Therapeutic Cloning and Regenerative Medicine 14. Gene Therapy: Can the Promise Be Fulfilled? 15. Large Population Assessments: The Foundation for Genomic Medicine 16. Hidden Destiny: Unbounded by Your DNA Bibliography Illustration Credits Index
