Blood Matters: A journey Along the Genetic Frontier

In 2004 genetic testing revealed that Masha Gessen had a mutation that predisposed her to ovarian and breast cancer. This is a guide to this unfamiliar and unsettling territory, pointing the way towards the radical transformation genetic information is engineering in our sense of who we are and what...

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Main Author: Masha Gessen
Format: Printed Book
Published: Granta 2007
Subjects:
Gessen, Masha > Health. Human chromosome abnormalities > Diagnosis > Social aspects. Human chromosome abnormalities > Diagnosis > Moral and ethical aspects.
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Summary:In 2004 genetic testing revealed that Masha Gessen had a mutation that predisposed her to ovarian and breast cancer. This is a guide to this unfamiliar and unsettling territory, pointing the way towards the radical transformation genetic information is engineering in our sense of who we are and what we might become.
Physical Description:321 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:978184700783

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