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The troubled dream of genetic medicine : ethnicity and innovation in Tay-Sachs, cystic fibrosis, and sickle cell disease / Keith Wailoo and Stephen Pemberton.

by Wailoo, Keith.

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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Genetic disorders -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Ethnic groups -- Diseases.

Tay-Sachs disease -- Genetic aspects.

Cystic fibrosis -- Genetic aspects.

Sickle cell anemia -- Genetic aspects.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005021184.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2005021184-b.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2005021184-d.html

0801883261 (pbk. : alk. paper)

9780801883262 (pbk. : alk. paper)

0801883253 (hard cover : alk. paper)

9780801883255 (hard cover : alk. paper)

viii, 249 p. ; 21 cm.

Ethnic symbols in conflicted times -- Eradicating a "Jewish gene": promises and pitfalls in the fight against Tay-Sachs disease -- Risky business in white America: gene therapy and other ventures in the treatment of cystic fibrosis -- A perilous lottery for the Black family: sickle cells, social justice, and the new therapeutic gamble -- Dreams amid diversity.

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