Race and the Genetic Revolution: Science, Myth, and Culture | Krimsky Sheldon | Keménykötésű

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ENbook.hu

Márka

Columbia Univ Pr

pDo advances in genomic biology create a scientific rationale for long-discredited racial categories Leading scholars in law, medicine, biology, sociology, history, anthropology, and psychology examine the impact of modern genetics on the concept of race. Contributors trace the interplay between genetics and race in forensic DNA databanks, the biology of intelligence, DNA ancestry markers, and racialized medicine. Each essay explores commonly held and unexamined assumptions and misperceptions about race in science and popular culture. pThis collection begins with the historical origins and current uses of the concept of race in science. It follows with an analysis of the role of race in DNA databanks and racial disparities in the criminal justice system. Essays then consider the rise of recreational genetics in the form of for-profit testing of genetic ancestry and the introduction of racialized medicine, specifically through an FDA-approved heart drug called BiDil, marketed to African

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