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Introduction: Race, Genetics, and Disease (2008)

Fujimura, Joan H. (Author)
Duster, Troy (Author)
Rajagopalan, Ramya (Author)

Social Studies of Science
Volume: 38
Pages: 643--656
Publication date: 2008
Language: English

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This special issue of Studies of Science highlights ongoing debates concerning race, genomics, and disease. Some of the papers examine the production of disease etiology research, pharmaceutical drug response, or DNA genealogy tests, while others analyze institutional consequences and challenges arising from contemporary biomedicine, such as medical education and recruiting subjects for clinical research. In this introduction, we outline major issues that provide background and foreground for the specific studies that follow, and end with a brief description of the papers. First, we briefly outline the debates around contemporary genetics research on race, ancestry, population, and disease. Second, we describe genomics and disease research projects on the genetics of populations that provide the ground on which the past debates have played, as well as introduce very recent projects that may change the tenor of future debates. We discuss why some scientists argue that their research does not biologize race, while others argue that their findings do demonstrate racial differences. Finally, we relate these complex genomic sciences and their biopolitical debates to relevant STS themes.

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Article Fausto-Sterling, Anne (2008) The Bare Bones of Race. Social Studies of Science (p. 657). unapi

Article Fullwiley, Duana (2008) The Biologistical Construction of Race: “Admixture” Technology and the New Genetic Medicine. Social Studies of Science (p. 695). unapi

Article Kahn, Jonathan (2008) Exploiting Race in Drug Development: BiDil's Interim Model of Pharmacogenomics. Social Studies of Science (p. 737). unapi

Article Nelson, Alondra (2008) Bio Science: Genetic Genealogy Testing and the Pursuit of African Ancestry. Social Studies of Science (p. 759). unapi

Article Anderson, Warwick (2008) Teaching “Race” at Medical School: Social Scientists on the Margin. Social Studies of Science (p. 785). unapi

Article Epstein, Steven G. (2008) The Rise of “Recruitmentology”: Clinical Research, Racial Knowledge, and the Politics of Inclusion and Difference. Social Studies of Science (p. 801). unapi

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