Each essay explores commonly held and unexamined assumptions and misperceptions about race in science and popular culture. The 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…
Each essay explores commonly held and unexamined assumptions and misperceptions about race in science and popular culture. The 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…
"Like most academic disciplines, anthropological genetics experienced a long period of development and maturation, characterized by 'hybridization' between physical (biological) anthropology, human genetics, and molecular biology. The first acknowledgement, of which I'm aware, o…
"This book contains an analysis of the national regulatory framework in eighteen selected countries. Written by national legal experts, it includes all major players in bioengineering, plus an analysis of the emerging international standards and a discussion of how international…
The advent of the CRISPR/Cas9 class of genome editing tools is transforming not just science and medicine, but also law. When the genome of germline cells is modified, the modifications could be inherited, with far-reaching effects in time and scale. Legal systems are struggling…
