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New. 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…
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Race and the Genetic Revolution: Science, Myth, and Culture Hardcover - 2011
by Sheldon Krimsky (Editor); Kathleen Sloan (Editor)
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- Title Race and the Genetic Revolution: Science, Myth, and Culture
- Author Sheldon Krimsky (Editor); Kathleen Sloan (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Columbia University Press
- Date 2011-09
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780231156967 / 0231156960
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.9 in (23.11 x 15.75 x 2.29 cm)
- Ages 22 to UP years
- Grade levels 17 - UP
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- Aspects (Academic): Science/Technology Aspects
- Library of Congress subjects Genetics, Race
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011021226
- Dewey Decimal Code 576.58
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