to our bodies, but rather mutated,
distorted versions of the very genes
that perform vital cellular
functions. And cancer is imprinted
in our socitey: as we extend our
lifespan as a species, we inevitably
unleash malignant growth
(mutations in cancer genes
accumulate with aging; cancer
is thus intrinsically related to age).
If we seek immortaltiy, then so,
too, in a rather perverse sense,
does the cancer cell.
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temperament. It is quite another
thing to imagine altering identity
or sexualtiy by altering genes. The
former thought might preoccupy
professors in departments of
psychology, and ... neuroscience.
The latter thought, inflected with
both promise and peril, should
concern us all.
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The transition from explanation
to manipulation (of our genes) is
...what makes the field of genetics
resonate far beyond the realms of
science. It is one thing to try to
understand how genes influence
human identity or sexualtiy or
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