The Anthropology of Potentiality in Biomedicine

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, potentiality serves as a central concept in the life sciences and in medical practices. This special issue of Current Anthropology explores how genes, cells, bodies, and populations as well as technologies, disciplines, and research areas become imbued w...

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Main Authors: Taussig, Karen-Sue (Author), Hoeyer, Klaus (Author), Helmreich, Stefan (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Chicago Press, The, 2015-03-04T21:04:02Z.
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