Exploding the gene myth : how genetic information is produced and manipulated by scientists, physicians, employers, insurance companies, educators, and law enforcers / Ruth Hubbard and Elijah Wald.
1993
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Title
Exploding the gene myth : how genetic information is produced and manipulated by scientists, physicians, employers, insurance companies, educators, and law enforcers / Ruth Hubbard and Elijah Wald.
Published
Boston : Beacon Press, [1993]
Copyright
©1993
Call Number
RB155 .H8 1993
ISBN
0807004189
Description
xv, 206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)26857244
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface: Why This Book
1
Of Genes and People
1
The Role of Genetics in Our Lives
Genes for Deafness, Genes for Being Raped
A Word about Scientists
Heredity and Environment
What Are Genes?
2
Genetic Labeling and the Old Eugenics
13
The Birth of Eugenics
Genetic Labeling
Involuntary Sterilization
Eugenic Immigration Policies
3
The New Eugenics: Testing, Screening, and Choice
23
Overt and Subtle Eugenics
Parenting, Disabilities, and Selective Abortion
Genetic Screening
Fallacies of Genetic Prediction
4
A Brief Look at Genetics
39
Heredity and Genes
The Beginning: Gregor Mendel, "Traits," and "Factors"
From Mendel to the Double Helix
Genes and Proteins
How Chromosomes and Genes Are Duplicated
X and Y: The Sex Chromosomes
Chromosomes and Cell Division
From DNA to RNA to Proteins
How Genes Function
Sequencing the Human Genome
RFLPs: Linking DNA Patterns with Traits
5
Genes in Context
58
Definitions of Health and Disease
Individualization of Health and Illness
Genes as Blueprints
Geneticization
Diagnostic Labeling
6
"Inherited Tendencies": Chronic Conditions
72
Some Underlying Assumptions
Conditions That Run in Families
Diabetes
High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease, and Strokes
Cancer
Oncogenes and Anti-Oncogenes
Cancer Prevention and Cancer Screening
Breast Cancer
Cancer Prevention versus Cancer Therapy
7
"Inherited Tendencies": Behaviors
93
Which Behaviors?
Homosexuality
Alcoholism
Problems of Linking Genes to Behavior
Pitfalls of Behavioral Research: The XYY Fallacy
8
Manipulating Our Genes
108
Conventional Treatments for Inherited Conditions
Modifying DNA: Somatic Cell Manipulations
"Germ-Line Gene Therapy": Changing Future Generations
9
Genes for Sale
117
Funds for Research, Profits for Biotechnology
Commercialization and Conflicts of Interest
Owning the Genome
What to Do?
10
Genetic Discrimination: Education, Employment, and Insurance
128
Genetic Testing and the Schools
Genetic Discrimination in the Workplace
Measures to Counter Employment-Related Discrimination
Genetic Discrimination in Insurance
11
DNA-Based Identification Systems, Privacy, and Civil Liberties
145
DNA and the Criminal Justice System
Scientific Problems with DNA Profiles
Genetic Privacy and Civil Liberties
Employment- and Health-Related Issues
Controlling Genetic Information
12
In Conclusion ...
158
Appendix. Mitochondrial DNA
163
Mitochondria and Their DNA
Inheritance of Mitochondrial DNA
Notes
169
Glossary
183
Books and Other Resources
193
Index
199