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Download Unnatural Selection The Promise and the Power of Human Gene Research all pages
ISBN: 9780553375152
Timely and provocative, Unnatural Selection explores advances in human genetic research--and how these advances are redefining the way we view ourselves and our world.
From physical illnesses to behavioral traits, the mapping of our genes is moving with astonishing rapidity. Every week brings word of new genetic findings. Soon we will have extraordinary amounts of information about our most intimate selves. But--as this insightful, sometimes disturbing book makes clear--this knowledge raises serious ethical, legal, and personal issues none of us can afford to ignore.
With each new genetic test, new questions arise. Just because the test exists, should we be tested? The tests are often marketed by for-profit companies. Who determines what conditions warrant testing? If a person discovers he or she carries the gene for a particular disorder, what then? How private is this knowledge of our most intimate selves? Who has access to it in an age of medical claim forms and computer networks?
In clear and accessible language, Unnatural Selection takes us into the world of researchers, physicians, ethicists, families, and people like ourselves as they contemplate the promise and the pitfalls of this exploding field of knowledge.
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