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Author Robison, Shea K., author.

Title Epigenetics and public policy : the tangled web of science and politics / Shea K. Robison
Published Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2018]

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Contents pt. 1. The science of epigenetics -- pt. 2. The political history of epigenetics -- pt. 3. Epigenetics in public policy
Summary This book discusses how epigenetics works, recent research, political implications, and how it intersects with cancer, obesity, the environment, and the law. Includes the political history of genetics and epigenetics, and explores possible changes in public policy in the age of a new scientific frontier, and how new findings and increased acceptance of epigenetic science may lead to paradigm shifts in treating disease
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Human genetics.
Epigenetics -- Philosophy
Political planning.
Genomics.
Genomics
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Genomics
Human genetics
Political planning
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018011758
ISBN 9781440844706
1440844704
1440844690
9781440844690