The role of social research in genomics
By Maud Radstake and Bernhard Wieser, with Esther Thole
Although a little over ten years ago the concept of genomics itself was hardly known outside the molecular biologists’ circle, these days it has become routine for a whole contingent of researchers from
various backgrounds. In various countries, investment in research into the ‘social’ implications of this new technology followed in the slipstream of large-scale public investment in genomics. This social research around the life sciences has become known
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