The enculturated gene :: sickle cell health politics and biological difference in West Africa /

In the 1980s, a research team led by Parisian scientists identified several unique DNA sequences, or haplotypes, linked to sickle cell anemia in African populations. After casual observations of how patients managed this painful blood disorder, the researchers in question postulated that the Senegal...

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Main Author: Fullwiley, Duana (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2011]
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:In the 1980s, a research team led by Parisian scientists identified several unique DNA sequences, or haplotypes, linked to sickle cell anemia in African populations. After casual observations of how patients managed this painful blood disorder, the researchers in question postulated that the Senegalese type was less severe. The Enculturated Gene traces how this genetic discourse has blotted from view the roles that Senegalese patients and doctors have played in making sickle cell "mild" in a social setting where public health priorities and economic austerity programs have forced people to imp.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xxviii, 340 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-305, 307-328) and index.
ISBN:9781400840410
1400840414
1283290936
9781283290937

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