Genetic health is a confusing but increasingly important cultural construct. A little over a
decade ago, I delineated the difference between a social or relational definition of health …

Regulating Genetic Engineering 1275 stitutional faith often coexist in conflict. 3 Theory does
not demand this tension; 4 but unfortunate realities inject a degree of enmity between these …

The increasing promise of federal funding for mapping and sequencing the human
genome1 has brought with it renewed attention in the research science community to issues …

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Is inheritable genetic modification the new dividing line in gene therapy? The editors of this
searching investigation, representing clinical medicine, public health and biomedical ethics …

Genes became big business in the 1980s, and they are likely to become even bigger
business in the decades to come. Some may worry about the “desirability of using genetic …

Eugenics, it must be agreed, has not generally been a force for good this century, but why
exactly? Why should anyone object to the idea per se of improving humanity by any means …

From the cloning of Dolly the sheep a decade ago to more recent advances in embryonic
stem cell research, new genetic technologies have often spurred polemical, ill-informed …

...[Tjhe history of connections between eugenics and human genetics has a special
relevance. The connections were very close, and were especially evident in the United …

Undoubtedly, the eventual mapping of the human genome will be a boon to science,
medicine, and anthropology, among other disciplines. This map will provide a clearer lens …