New Genetics Books

New and Published Books

1. Barcoding Nature

   Shifting Cultures of Taxonomy in an Age of Biodiversity Loss

   By Claire Waterton, Rebecca Ellis, Brian Wynne

   Series: Genetics and Society

   DNA Barcoding has been promoted since 2003 as a new, fast, digital genomics-based means of identifying natural species based on the idea that a small standard fragment of any organism’s genome (a so-called ‘micro-genome’) can faithfully identify and help to classify every species on the planet. The...

   Published April 22nd 2013 by Routledge
2. Life and Death Decisions

   The Quest for Morality and Justice in Human Societies

   By Sheldon Ekland-Olson

   Series: Contemporary Sociological Perspectives

   Issues of Life and Death such as abortion, assisted suicide, capital punishment and others are among the most contentious in many societies. Whose rights are protected? How do these rights and protections change over time and who makes those decisions? Based on the author’s award-winning and hugely...

   Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Handbook of Genetics & Society

   Mapping the New Genomic Era

   Edited by Paul Atkinson, Peter Glasner, Margaret Lock

   Series: Genetics and Society

   An authoritative Handbook which offers a discussion of the social, political, ethical and economic consequences and implications of the new bio-sciences. The Handbook takes an interdisciplinary approach providing a synoptic overview of contemporary international social science research on genetics,...

   Published July 9th 2012 by Routledge
4. Regenerating Bodies

   Tissue and Cell Therapies in the Twenty-First Century

   By Julie Kent

   Series: Genetics and Society

   This exciting book examines how human tissues and cells are being exchanged, commodified and commercialized by new health technologies. Through a discussion of emergent global ‘tissue economies’ the author explores the social dynamics of innovation in the fields of tissue engineering and stem cell...

   Published April 25th 2012 by Routledge
5. Genetics and Global Public Health

   Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia

   Edited by Simon Dyson, Karl Atkin

   Sickle cell and thalassaemia are among the world’s most common genetic conditions. They are especially common in Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Asia. They affect all ethnic groups but they particularly impact on minority ethnic groups in North America, Europe and Australasia....

   Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge
6. Genetic Testing

   Accounts of Autonomy, Responsibility and Blame

   By Michael Arribas-Ayllon, Srikant Sarangi, Angus Clarke

   Series: Genetics and Society

   Advances in molecular genetics have led to the increasing availability of genetic testing for a variety of inherited disorders. While this new knowledge presents many obvious health benefits to prospective individuals and their families it also raises complex ethical and moral dilemmas for families...

   Published October 3rd 2011 by Routledge
7. Human Genetics: The Basics

   By Ricki Lewis

   Series: The Basics

   Human genetics has blossomed from an obscure branch of biological science and occasional explanation for exceedingly rare disorders to a field all of its own that affects everyone. Human Genetics: The Basics introduces the key questions and issues in this emerging field, including: The common...

   Published September 30th 2010 by Routledge
8. Neurogenetic Diagnoses

   The Power of Hope and the Limits of Today’s Medicine

   By Carole H. Browner, H. Mabel Preloran

   Series: Genetics and Society

   As world populations continue to age, the incidence of very common, ultimately fatal neurodegenerative diseases (some of medicine’s most puzzling illnesses) will increase exponentially. Neurogenetic Diagnoses, the Power of Hope, and the Limits of Today’s Medicine explores the diverse impacts and...

   Published June 3rd 2010 by Routledge
9. Gender Circuits

   Bodies and Identities in a Technological Age

   By Eve Shapiro

   Series: Contemporary Sociological Perspectives

   Gender Circuits explores the impact of new technologies on the gendered lives of individuals through substantive sociological analysis and in-depth case studies. Examining the complex intersections between gender ideologies, social scripts, information and biomedical technologies, and embodied...

   Published February 8th 2010 by Routledge
10. Biobanks

    Governance in Comparative Perspective

    Edited by Herbert Gottweis, Alan Petersen

    In recent years, a number of large population-based biobanks – genetic databases that combine genetic information derived from blood samples with personal data about environment, medical history, lifestyle or genealogy – have been set up in order to study the interface between disease, and genetic...

    Published April 29th 2008 by Routledge