Race Decoded by Catherine Bliss - 9780804774079

Race DecodedThe Genomic Fight for Social Justice\nAuthor(s): Catherine Bliss\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780804774079, 978-0804774079\nSynopsis\nIn 2000, with the success of the Human Genome Project, scientists declared the death of race in biology and medicine. But within five years, many of these same scientists had reversed course and embarked upon a new hunt for the biological meaning of race. Drawing on personal interviews and life stories, Race Decoded takes us into the world of elite genome scientistsincluding Francis Collins, director of the NIH; Craig Venter, the first person to create a synthetic genome; and Spencer Wells, National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence, among othersto show how and why they are formulating new ways of thinking about race. \n\n In this original exploration, Catherine Bliss reveals a paradigm shift, both at the level of science and society, from colorb.