AUTHOR'S BIO
Dorothy Nelkin
Professor of Sociology, NYU.
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The Business of Bodies
Dorothy Nelkin Series: Health and Medicine 2001-05-16Medical research nowadays increasingly sounds like business. Gene sequences are patented; cord blood is a hot property. Geneticists talk of "prospecting" for genes. Body tissue is "extracted," "harvested," and "banked." ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 16163
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DNA: Oracle or Nemesis?
Dorothy Nelkin Series: Science and Society 2001-02-20NEW YORK: Throughout history, shamans and soothsayers, wizards and witches have tried to read and tame the future. Today, geneticists have joined the prediction business. If scientists can decode the genetic code and read the instructions, so the argument goes, they will find the key to human ailments and predict our predispositions. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 10850
