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Details the challenges, advances, and legal and ethical dilemmas of genetic research and its impact on the practice of medicine
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Wingerson, editor of an Internet magazine for biomedical scientists, explores advances in human genetic research and how these advances are redefining the way we view ourselves and the world. She examines ethical, legal, and personal questions this research raises, touching on privacy, prenatal genetic testing, the insurance system, and embryo research. Includes boxed readings. For general readers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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