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23 - Sociology
London School of Economics and Political Science
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Chapter title
Biomaterial und Bioinformation nehmen, Berkeley USA 2010: Ein Fallbeispiel
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
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Publisher of book
Bielefeld
Book title
Bioökonomie: die Lebenswissenschaften und die Bewirtschaftung der Körper
ISBN of book
9783837616408
Year of publication
2012
Number of additional authors
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Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
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Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
“In 2010, incoming students to UC Berkeley were invited to send buccal swabs to campus so that their DNA could be tested for various traits. The program proved controversial in terms of privacy protection for students, means of delivering and following up medically relevant findings, corporate involvement in the testing in an educational setting, and ownership of samples and bioinformation. Aspects of the program were abandoned. I developed a program, “Teach Before You Test,” described here. This paper contributes to my work on the changing relation of individuals and societies to their biological tissue in the age of personalized medicine.”
