Genetic Alchemy

Author : Rodney Loeppky
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135471150
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encoding Capital written by Rodney Loeppky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the rapid changes in contemporary molecular biology, particularly genome sciences, and the manner in which they can be understood through the lens of political economy. Specifically, the work investigates the case of the United States-led Genome Project (HGP), in order to show that even large-scale basic science is closely bound up in the progression of capitalist social relations. The work has, in part, been motivated by the lack of rigorous analysis of the HGP. Most the existing literature tends to present either a chronological review of events surrounding the HGP or describe it thematically. In contrast, this book contributes to a needed discussion concerning the 'why and how' of the HGP emergence. It elucidates the features within capitalist social relations which have simultaneously enable the HGP and ensure its amenability to systemic demands. The work's most compelling elements are both historical and analytical. Historically, it places the HGP within the context of wider political, economic and social issues. Related to this, it puts forward an analytical, explanatory understanding of the project's emergence, making it a valuable tool for both political economists, science & society theorists, and even bioethicists.

Author : Sheldon Krimsky
Publisher : Mit Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262610384
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Genetic Alchemy written by Sheldon Krimsky and published by Mit Press. This book was released on 1984-11-01 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genetic Alchemy summarizes and clarifies the background of policy and ethical issues, the debates engendered by uncertain risks to researchers and the population at large, and the roles played by scientists involved in one of the most prominent and controversial new technologies, gene splicing. The author, Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy at Tufts University, brings to the topic his experience on the Cambridge Review Board as it considered the siting of a recombinant DNA research facility, and on the NIH's Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee.

Author : Matthew Cobb
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1782838031
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Genetic Age written by Matthew Cobb and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A TIMES ENVIRONMENT AND SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 'The ideal guide to what is not just a fiendishly complex area of science but also an ethical minefield' Mail on Sunday A new gene editing technology, invented just seven years ago, has turned humanity into gods. Enabling us to manipulate the genes in virtually any organism with exquisite precision, CRISPR has given scientists a degree of control that was undreamt of even in science fiction. But CRISPR is just the latest, giant leap in a long journey to master genetics. The Genetic Age shows the astonishing, world-changing potential of the new genetics and the possible threats it poses, sifting between fantasy and the reality when it comes to both benefits and dangers. By placing each phase of discovery, anticipation and fear in the context of over fifty years of attempts to master the natural world, Matthew Cobb, the Baillie-Gifford-shortlisted author of The Idea of the Brain, weaves the stories of science, history and culture to shed new light on our future. With the powers now at our disposal, it is a future that is almost impossible to imagine - but it is one we will create ourselves.

Author : Susan Wright
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226910659
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Molecular Politics written by Susan Wright and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1994-10-15 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The promise of genetic engineering in the early 1970s to profoundly reshape the living world activated a variety of social interests in its future promotion and control. With public safety, gene patents, and the future of genetic research at stake, a wide range of interest groups competed for control over this powerful new technology. In this comparative study of the development of regulatory policy for genetic engineering in the United States and the United Kingdom, Susan Wright analyzes government responses to the struggles among corporations, scientists, universities, trade unions, and public interest groups over regulating this new field. Drawing on archival materials, government records, and interviews with industry executives, politicians, scientists, trade unionists, and others on both sides of the Atlantic, Molecular Politics provides a comprehensive account of a crucial set of policy decisions and explores their implications for the political economy of science. By combining methods from political science and the history of science, Wright advances a provocative interpretation of the evolution of genetic engineering policy and makes a major contribution to science and public policy studies.

Author : Sheldon Krimsky
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
ISBN 13 : 9780262110839
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Genetic Alchemy written by Sheldon Krimsky and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DNS / Manipulation.

Author : Helen Anne Curry
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022679086X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolution Made to Order written by Helen Anne Curry and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plant breeders have long sought technologies to extend human control over nature. Early in the twentieth century, this led some to experiment with startlingly strange tools like x-ray machines, chromosome-altering chemicals, and radioactive elements. Contemporary reports celebrated these mutation-inducing methods as ways of generating variation in plants on demand. Speeding up evolution, they imagined, would allow breeders to genetically engineer crops and flowers to order. Creating a new food crop or garden flower would soon be as straightforward as innovating any other modern industrial product. In Evolution Made to Order, Helen Anne Curry traces the history of America’s pursuit of tools that could intervene in evolution. An immersive journey through the scientific and social worlds of midcentury genetics and plant breeding and a compelling exploration of American cultures of innovation, Evolution Made to Order provides vital historical context for current worldwide ethical and policy debates over genetic engineering.

Author : Albert C Lin
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 047202924X
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prometheus Reimagined written by Albert C Lin and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technologies such as synthetic biology, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, and geoengineering promise to address many of our most serious problems, yet they also bring environmental and health-related risks and uncertainties. Moreover, they can come to dominate global production systems and markets with very little public input or awareness. Existing governance institutions and processes do not adequately address the risks of new technologies, nor do they give much consideration to the concerns of persons affected by them. Instead of treating technology, health, and the environment as discrete issues, Albert C. Lin argues that laws must acknowledge their fundamental relationship, anticipating both future technological developments and their potential adverse effects. Laws should encourage international cooperation and the development of common global standards, while allowing for flexibility and reassessment.

Author : Sheldon Krimsky
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231527691
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Race and the Genetic Revolution written by Sheldon Krimsky and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do 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. This 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 American men. Concluding sections discuss the contradictions between our scientific and cultural understandings of race and the continuing significance of race in educational and criminal justice policy.

Author : Sheldon Krimsky
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674067762
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Genetic Explanations written by Sheldon Krimsky and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No longer viewed by scientists as the cell’s fixed master molecule, DNA is a dynamic script that is ad-libbed at each stage of development. What our parents hand down to us is just the beginning. Genetic Explanations urges us to replace our faith in genetic determinism with scientific knowledge about genetic plasticity and epigenetic inheritance.

Author : Mark Y. Herring
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313060371
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Genetic Engineering written by Mark Y. Herring and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-12-30 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genetic engineering has quickly become one of the more controversial issues of our time. Herring provides a detailed history of the debate in a fair and balanced manner, using proponents' points of view to make individual cases, both pro and con. Narrative chapters cover such topics as the Human Genome Project, gene splicing, cloning, genetically altered foods, and DNA and crime-solving. Students and the general public will find a comprehensive survey of the genetic engineering debate. Appendices include statements from Robert P. George and Peter Singer, two of the most prominent scholars on the subject, and a bibliography of print and electronic resources for further research.