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Author:   Sahra Gibbon (University College London, UK) ,  Carlos Novas (London School of Economics, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9780415401388

ISBN 10:   0415401380
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   09 August 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Introduction: Biosocialities, Genetics and the Social Sciences 1. Charity, Breast Cancer Activism and the Iconic figure of the BRCA Carrier 2. Brains, Pedigrees, and Promises: Lessons from the Politics of Autism Genetics 3. Biosociality and Susceptibility Genes: A Cautionary Tale 4. Biology, Sociality and Reproductive Modernity in Ecuadorian In-Vitro Fertilization: The Particulars of Place 5. Biosociality and Biocrossings: Encounters with Assisted Conception and Embryonic Stem Cells in India 6. Synecdochic Ricochets: Biosocialities in a Jerusalem IVF clinic 7. Patients, Profits and Values: Myozyme as an Exemplar of Biosociality 8. Biocapital as an Emergent Form of Life: Speculations on the Figure of the Experimental Subject. Afterword: Concept Work

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Sahra Gibbon is currently undertaking a Wellcome Trust fellowship at University College London. Her research, which is focused on the creation of large scale genetic resources such as genetic databases, looks at how different kinds of publics are being recruited into genetic research in the UK and Cuba. Carlos Novas is a Wellcome Trust funded Postdoctoral Fellow at the BIOS Centre, London School of Economics. His is currently working on a 3 year project titled: ""The Political Economy of Hope: Private Enterprise, Patients’ Groups and the Production of Values in the Contemporary Life Sciences. This project examines how advances in the life sciences have fostered the hope that cures or treatments for many hereditary illnesses will be developed in the near future.

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