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The "maturity gene" is an example of what one might call the geneticization of life.
Latest Articles Steyn Online 2008
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One concern with geneticization and the trend to label an increasing number of diseases and conditions “genetic” is that this provides normative support for directing future research and therapeutic interventions in particular ways, that is, at the level of the genome (Cranor 1994).
The Human Genome Project Gannett, Lisa 2008
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We might instead understand geneticization to be the consequence of an increased capacity to manipulate DNA in the laboratory and (potentially) the clinic and not an advancement in theoretical understanding.
The Human Genome Project Gannett, Lisa 2008
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