Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age

Name: Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age
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ISBN: 9780813543246

ISBN-10: 081354324X

ISBN-13: 9780813543246

Edition: 2008

Authors: Barbara Koenig, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Sarah Richardson, Jonathan Marks, John Dupre

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With the completion of the sequencing of the human genome in 2001, the debate over the existence of a biological basis for race has been revived. Interdisciplinary scholars here examine the new social, political and ethical concerns that are attached to how we think about emerging technologies and their impact on conceptions of race.

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List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 10/10/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Barry Barnes is a former codirector of the ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society at the University of Exeter, at which he was formerly professor of sociology. He is the author of several books on the sociology of the sciences and was awarded the J. D. Bernal Prize for his career contribution to the field.



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Race and Genetics in a Genomic Age




Concepts of Race



Race: Past, Present, and Future




What Genes Are and Why There Are No Genes for Race




A Social Constructionist Analysis of Race




Individual Ancestry Inference and the Reification of Race as a Biological Phenomenon




Race-Targeted Research and Therapeutics



Race, Ancestry, and Medicine




Will Tomorrow's Medicines Work for Everyone?




Patenting Race in a Genomic Age




The Molecularization of Race: U.S. Health Institutions, Pharmacogenetics Practice, and Public Science after the Genome




Tracking Race in Addiction Research




Genetic Ancestry, Identity, and Group Membership



Genetic Ancestry and the Search for Personalized Genetic Histories




Genetic Genealogy: Genetics Meets the Marketplace




Native-American-DNA.com: In Search of Native American Race and Tribe




The Factness of Diaspora: The Social Sources of Genetic Genealogy




Race and Genetics in Public Discourse



Moving beyond the Two-Race Mantra




Cops, Sports, and Schools: How the News Media Frames Coverage of Genetics and Race




Race without Salvation: Beyond the Science/Society Divide in Genomic Studies of Human Diversity




The Feasibility of Government Oversight of NIH-Funded Population Genetics Research




Racial Realism and the Discourse of Responsibility for Health Disparities in a Genomic Age



Contributors


Index