The Molecular Genetics Testing Lab. On the Fringe of Personhood

This article proposes to consider the deterministic potential of genetic testing by confronting the genetic “mystique” portrayed in popular culture (and in certain scientific literature), in which DNA is seen as the soul of the cell and genes as master molecules (Lindee and Nelkin 2004), with molecu...

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Published in:Tecnoscienza
Main Author: Daniela Crocetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna – Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione 2012-06-01
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Online Access:https://tecnoscienza.unibo.it/article/view/17023