While the sequencing of the human genome was a landmark achievement, the availability and manipulation of such a vast amount of data about our species has inevitably led to questions that are increasingly fundamental and urgent: now that information about human bodies can be transformed into a natural resource, how will--and should--we interpret and use it? With The Postgenomic Condition, Jenny Reardon draws on more than a decade of research--in molecular biology labs, commercial startups, governmental agencies and civic spaces-- to examine the extensive efforts after the...
While the sequencing of the human genome was a landmark achievement, the availability and manipulation of such a vast amount of data about our species...