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Unnatural selection: the promise and the power of human gene research

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In this timely, provocative new book, Lois Wingerson explores advances in human genetic research--and how these advances are redefining the way we view ourselves and our world.

Every week brings word of new genetic findings. It no longer startles us to read that a gene has been identified that predisposes an individual to breast cancer, to colon cancer, to Alzheimer's disease. From physical illnesses to behavioral traits, the mapping of our genes is moving with astonishing rapidity. Soon we will have extraordinary amounts of information about our most intimate selves. But--as this insightful, sometimes disturbing book makes clear--this new knowledge raises serious ethical, legal, and personal questions none of us can afford to ignore.

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599.935 WIN u

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New York : Bantam Books., 1998

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xiii,399p.; 23 cm.

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English

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0-553-09709-1

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599.935

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HUMAN GENETICS - SOCIAL ASPECTS

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