Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age

by Koenig, Barbara A.; Lee, Sandra Soo-jin; Richardson, Sarah S.

• ISBN13: 9780813543246
• ISBN10: 081354324X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-30
• Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr

Summary

With the completion of the sequencing of the human genome in 2001, the debate over the existence of a biological basis for race has been revived. In Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age, historians, anthropologists, philosophers, geneticists, and bioethicists join forces to examine the new social, political, and ethical dimensions of emerging genetic research on race.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction: Race and Genetics in a Genomic Age	p. 1
Concepts of Race
Race: Past, Present, and Future	p. 21
What Genes Are and Why There Are No Genes for Race	p. 39
A Social Constructionist Analysis of Race	p. 56
Individual Ancestry Inference and the Reification of Race as a Biological Phenomenon	p. 70
Race-Targeted Research and Therapeutics
Race, Ancestry, and Medicine	p. 89
Will Tomorrow's Medicines Work for Everyone?	p. 102
Patenting Race in a Genomic Age	p. 129
The Molecularization of Race: U.S. Health Institutions, Pharmacogenetics Practice, and Public Science after the Genome	p. 149
Tracking Race in Addiction Research	p. 172
Genetic Ancestry, Identity, and Group Membership
Genetic Ancestry and the Search for Personalized Genetic Histories	p. 201
Genetic Genealogy: Genetics Meets the Marketplace	p. 215
Native-American-DNA.com: In Search of Native American Race and Tribe	p. 235
The Factness of Diaspora: The Social Sources of Genetic Genealogy	p. 253
Race and Genetics in Public Discourse
Moving beyond the Two-Race Mantra	p. 271
Cops, Sports, and Schools: How the News Media Frames Coverage of Genetics and Race	p. 285
Race without Salvation: Beyond the Science/Society Divide in Genomic Studies of Human Diversity	p. 304
The Feasibility of Government Oversight of NIH-Funded Population Genetics Research	p. 320
Racial Realism and the Discourse of Responsibility for Health Disparities in a Genomic Age	p. 342
Contributors	p. 359
Index	p. 365
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