Blood Matters : A Journey Along The Genetic Frontier Paperback / softback
by Masha Gessen
Paperback / softback
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In 2004, genetic testing revealed that Masha Gessen had a mutation that predisposed her to ovarian and breast cancer.
As she wrestled with a wrenching personal decision - what to do with such knowledge? - Gessen explored the landscape of this brave new world, speaking with others like her, and with experts including medical researchers, historians and religious thinkers.
Blood Matters, a New York Times Notable Book for 2008, is a much needed field guide to this unfa-miliar and unsettling territory, pointing the way towards the radical transfor-mation genetic information is engineering in our sense of who we are and what we might become.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Granta Books
- Publication Date:04/05/2009
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- ISBN:9781847080783
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Granta Books
- Publication Date:04/05/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9781847080783