The Double Edged Helix

Author : Joseph S. Alper,Catherine Ard,Adrienne Asch,Jon Beckwith,Peter Conrad,Lisa N Geller
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780801877582

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The Double-Edged Helix by Joseph S. Alper,Catherine Ard,Adrienne Asch,Jon Beckwith,Peter Conrad,Lisa N Geller Pdf

This bioethics anthology exploring the questions and controversies surrounding the innovations of 21st century genetics. When the Human Genome Project completed its work in the early 2000s, it was hailed as a watershed moment in the history of medicine. But not everyone felt the same optimism about where the breakthrough might lead. The Double-Edged Helix explores the impact of recent genetic discoveries on society as a whole as well as individual populations and communities. This volume outlines potential positive and negative effects of genetic research on minorities, individuals with disabilities, and those of diverse sexual orientations. Presenting a wide array of perspectives, contributors address the medical and ethical implications of newly available technologies, from prenatal genetic screenings to the so-called “gay gene” debates. They emphasize the need to ensure that genetics research does not lead to discrimination against people on the basis of their DNA. A Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title

Author : Liebe F. Cavalieri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Science
ISBN : 0231053061

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The Double-edged Helix by Liebe F. Cavalieri Pdf

Author : Liebe F. Cavalieri
Publisher : Praeger Pub Text
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1984-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0275917835

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The Double-Edged Helix by Liebe F. Cavalieri Pdf

Author : Hannah Landecker
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780674039902

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Culturing Life by Hannah Landecker Pdf

How did cells make the journey, one we take so much for granted, from their origin in living bodies to something that can be grown and manipulated on artificial media in the laboratory, a substantial biomass living outside a human body, plant, or animal? This is the question at the heart of Hannah Landecker's book. She shows how cell culture changed the way we think about such central questions of the human condition as individuality, hybridity, and even immortality and asks what it means that we can remove cells from the spatial and temporal constraints of the body and "harness them to human intention." Rather than focus on single discrete biotechnologies and their stories--embryonic stem cells, transgenic animals--Landecker documents and explores the wider genre of technique behind artificial forms of cellular life. She traces the lab culture common to all those stories, asking where it came from and what it means to our understanding of life, technology, and the increasingly blurry boundary between them. The technical culture of cells has transformed the meaning of the term "biological," as life becomes disembodied, distributed widely in space and time. Once we have a more specific grasp on how altering biology changes what it is to be biological, Landecker argues, we may be more prepared to answer the social questions that biotechnology is raising.

Author : Joseph S. Alper,Catherine Ard,Adrienne Asch,Jon Beckwith
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004-02-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0801879264

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The Double-Edged Helix by Joseph S. Alper,Catherine Ard,Adrienne Asch,Jon Beckwith Pdf

Selected as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2003 from Choice Magazine The Double-Edged Helix explores the impact of recent genetic discoveries on both different population segments and society as a whole. The authors address the medical and ethical implications of the new technologies, outlining potential positive and negative effects of genetic research on minorities, individuals with disabilities, and those of diverse sexual orientations. Presenting a wide array of perspectives, this book emphasizes the need to ensure that research into genetics research does not result in discrimination against people on the basis of their DNA.

Author : Elaine J. Lawless
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781512803822

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Women Preaching Revolution by Elaine J. Lawless Pdf

Do women preach differently than men? In Women Preaching Revolution Elaine J. Lawless contends that they do. Drawing on her study of more than 150 sermons and extensive interviews with the clergywomen who preached them, Lawless argues that women have changed traditional preaching in ways that reflect their socialization as women and their experiences of being female in America. Many of the women in her study were expected to take courses on the art of preaching as part of their seminary training. Most of them rejected the sermon structure and strategies they were taught in seminary, viewing them as part of a "male" homiletic tradition, and developed styles that celebrate their commitment to connection, relationship, and dialogue.

Author : Rebecca Skloot
Publisher : Crown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780307589385

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The story of modern medicine and bioethics—and, indeed, race relations—is refracted beautifully, and movingly.”—Entertainment Weekly NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO® STARRING OPRAH WINFREY AND ROSE BYRNE • ONE OF THE “MOST INFLUENTIAL” (CNN), “DEFINING” (LITHUB), AND “BEST” (THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF ESSENCE’S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS • WINNER OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE HEARTLAND PRIZE FOR NONFICTION NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Entertainment Weekly • O: The Oprah Magazine • NPR • Financial Times • New York • Independent (U.K.) • Times (U.K.) • Publishers Weekly • Library Journal • Kirkus Reviews • Booklist • Globe and Mail Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine: The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, which are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb’s effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave. Henrietta’s family did not learn of her “immortality” until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists investigating HeLa began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. And though the cells had launched a multimillion-dollar industry that sells human biological materials, her family never saw any of the profits. As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks family—past and present—is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of. Over the decade it took to uncover this story, Rebecca became enmeshed in the lives of the Lacks family—especially Henrietta’s daughter Deborah. Deborah was consumed with questions: Had scientists cloned her mother? Had they killed her to harvest her cells? And if her mother was so important to medicine, why couldn’t her children afford health insurance? Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences.

Author : Giampietro Gobo,Valentina Marcheselli
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031083068

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Science, Technology and Society by Giampietro Gobo,Valentina Marcheselli Pdf

Science, Technology and Society: An Introduction provides students with an accessible overview of the interdisciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies (STS). The discipline breaks down traditional conceptions of knowledge as universal, neutral and ahistorical, and takes a more critical approach to science and technology as social embedded phenomena. This comprehensive textbook makes use of unique examples and case studies to illustrate theoretical debates and concepts. In addition, the reader acquires a unique vision of contemporary issues (such as the power of algorithms, the mystification of fake news, the role of experts within the decision-making process, for example). Each chapter incorporates pedagogically rich features, including interactive discussion points to be used individually or in class as prompts for debate.

Author : Thomas Lemke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134056910

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Perspectives on Genetic Discrimination by Thomas Lemke Pdf

Over the past 15 years, a series of empirical studies in different countries have shown that our increasing genetic knowledge leads to new forms of exclusion, disadvantaging and stigmatization. The spectrum of this "genetic discrimination" ranges from disadvantages at work, via problems with insurance policies, to difficulties with adoption agencies. The empirical studies on the problem of genetic discrimination have not gone unnoticed. Since the beginning of the 1990s, a series of legislative initiatives and statements, both on the national level and on the part of international and supranational organizations and commissions, have been put forward as ways of protecting people from genetic discrimination. This is the first book to critically evaluate the empirical evidence and the theoretical usefulness of the concept of "genetic discrimination." It discusses the advantages and limitations of adopting the concept, and offers a more complex account distinguishing between several dimensions and forms of genetic discrimination.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : WISC:89038536181

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Quick Bibliography Series by Anonim Pdf

Author : Patrick Baert,Fernando Domínguez Rubio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134004379

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The Politics of Knowledge. by Patrick Baert,Fernando Domínguez Rubio Pdf

Social scientists often refer to contemporary advanced societies as ‘knowledge societies’, which indicates the extent to which ‘science’, ‘knowledge’ and ‘knowledge production’ have become fundamental phenomena in Western societies and central concerns for the social sciences. This book aims to investigate the political dimension of this production and validation of knowledge. In studying the relationship between knowledge and politics, this book provides a novel perspective on current debates about ‘knowledge societies’, and offers an interdisciplinary agenda for future research. It addresses four fundamental aspects of the relation between knowledge and politics: • the ways in which the nature of the knowledge we produce affects the nature of political activity • how the production of knowledge calls into question fundamental political categories • how the production of knowledge is governed and managed • how the new technologies of knowledge produce new forms of political action. This book will be of interest to students of sociology, political science, cultural studies and science and technology studies.

Author : Robert D. Warmbrodt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Agricultural biotechnology
ISBN : MINN:31951003043306Q

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Biotechnology and Bioethics by Robert D. Warmbrodt Pdf

Author : Al Gore
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781602392328

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The World According to Gore by Al Gore Pdf

A collection of quotes by former Vice President Al Gore.

Author : Rob Cover
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351597814

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Emergent Identities by Rob Cover Pdf

Examining the emergence of new sexual and gender identities in the context of an ever-changing digital landscape, Emergent Identities considers how traditional, binary understandings of sexuality and gender are being challenged and overridden by a taxonomy of non-binary, fluid classifications and descriptors. In this comprehensive account of the ongoing shift in our understandings of gender and sexuality, Cover explores how and why traditional masculine/feminine and hetero/homo dichotomies are quickly being replaced with identity labels such as heteroflexible, bigender, non-binary, asexual, sapiosexual, demisexual, ciswoman and transcurious. Drawing on real-world data, Cover considers how new ways of perceiving relationships, attraction and desire are contesting authorised, institutional knowledge on gender and sexuality. The book explores the role that digital communication practices have played in these developments and considers the implications of these new approaches for identity, individuality, creativity, media, healthcare and social belonging. A timely response to recent developments in the field of gender identity, this will be a fascinating read for students of Psychology, Gender Studies, Media and Cultural Studies, and related areas as well as professionals in this field.

Author : Mark Jackson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192524690

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A Global History of Medicine by Mark Jackson Pdf

In recent decades, there has been considerable interest in writing histories of medicine that capture local, regional, and global dimensions of health and health care in the same frame. Exploring changing patterns of disease and different systems of medicine across continents and countries, A Global History of Medicine provides a rich introduction to this emergent field. The introductory chapter addresses the challenges of writing the history of medicine across space and time and suggests ways in which tracing the entangled histories of the patchworks of practice that have constituted medicine allow us to understand how healing traditions are always plural, permeable, and shaped by power and privilege. Written by scholars from around the world and accompanied by suggestions for further reading, individual chapters explore historical developments in health, medicine, and disease in China, the Islamic World, North and Latin America, Africa, South-east Asia, Western and Eastern Europe, and Australia and New Zealand. The final chapter focuses on smallpox eradication and reflects on the sources and methods necessary to integrate local and global dimensions of medicine more effectively. Collectively, the contributions to A Global History of Medicine will not only be invaluable to undergraduate and postgraduate students seeking to expand their knowledge of health and medicine across time, but will also provide a constructive theoretical and empirical platform for future scholarship.