The Genetic Lottery

The Genetic Lottery Author: Kathryn Paige Harden
Publisher: Princeton University Press

... lottery, this study provides some of the most compelling evidence that one's ... genetic effects are operating, just that they are— a topic we will come back to ... the genetic lottery. The extent to which the transmitted genes are more ...

The Genetic Lottery

The Genetic Lottery Author: Kathryn Paige Harden
Publisher:

Reclaiming genetic science from the legacy of eugenics, this groundbreaking book offers a bold new vision of society where everyone thrives, regardless of how one fares in the genetic lottery"--

Playing the Genetic Lottery

Playing the Genetic Lottery Author:
Publisher: Terri Morgan

... the Genetic Lottery Terri Morgan Introduction Every morning when I first wake up I wonder and I worry. Before getting out of bed, before registering my full, aching bladder, before remembering what day it is and what responsibilities ...

Defending the Genetic Supermarket

Defending the Genetic Supermarket Author: Colin Gavaghan
Publisher: Routledge

... genetic lottery, we may still dispute its fairness; winners, after all, would still reap the benefits of brute luck rather than of their own efforts or sacrifices. The genetic lottery contains more Veruca Salts than Charlie Buckets; but ...

The Ethics of Human Enhancement

The Ethics of Human Enhancement Author: Steve Clarke
Publisher: Oxford University Press

... the Genetic Lottery Michael Hauskeller 14.1 Introduction It has become quite common among those who welcome the ... genetic lottery' (also referred to as 'natural lottery').1 In consequence, people's chances in life are, through no fault ...

Genetic Turning Points

Genetic Turning Points Author: James C. Peterson
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

... the genetic lottery . The competitive necessity is to refine risk analysis . Low - risk buyers are offered low ... of genetic information can be deduced from other tests . Also those with good results from genetic tests will probably be ...

Access to the Genome

Access to the Genome Author: Maxwell J. Mehlman
Publisher: Georgetown University Press

... genetic lottery funded by a progressive income tax is likely to transfer benefit from the geneti- cally advantaged to the genetically disadvantaged . A more straightforward way to use the lottery to level the genetic playing field would ...

Engaging Donna Haraway

Engaging Donna Haraway Author: Cynthia Huff
Publisher: Taylor & Francis

... the genetic lottery that determines the course of one's life ignore the social structures in which life is lived. More than a genetic lottery, it is access to health care, genetic testing, and medical research that impact a community ...

Medicine Unbound

Medicine Unbound Author: Robert H. Blank
Publisher: Columbia University Press

... the genetic " lottery . " It has been a historic fact that we are not born with equal capacities , physical or mental . In our society , of course , various genetic endowments can lead to very different lives — and rewards . Until now ...