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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Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Masha Gessen
Format: Printed Book
Udgivet: Granta 2007
Fag:
Gessen, Masha > Health. Human chromosome abnormalities > Diagnosis > Social aspects. Human chromosome abnormalities > Diagnosis > Moral and ethical aspects.
Beskrivelse
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.
Fysisk beskrivelse:321 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:978184700783

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