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Nature 454, 163-164 (10 July 2008) | doi:10.1038/454163a; Published online 9 July 2008
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Testing times for genomics
Kathy Hudson1
Abstract
In a bid to popularize the science and ethics of human genetics, two new books fail to address developments in gene testing since completion of the Human Genome Project, says Kathy Hudson.
BOOK REVIEWED-Just Genes: The Ethics of Genetic Technologies
by Carol Isaacson Barash
Greenwood: 2007. 288 pp. $49.95 £27.95
BOOK REVIEWED-DNA: Promise and Peril
by Linda L. McCabe & Edward R.B. McCabe
University of California Press: 2008. 356 pp. $39.95 £23.95
Two new books attempt to bring the issues raised by the Human Genome Project before a broader audience. In DNA: Promise and Peril, geneticists Linda and Edward McCabe try to be tour guides.
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