New Genetics and Society, Volume 40, Issue 4 (2021)

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Understanding the technical and social landscape of gene editing

Editorial

Editorial
Editorial: themed issue: understanding the technical and social landscape of gene editing
Rebecca Dimond, Jamie Lewis & Gareth Thomas
Pages: 361-366
Published online: 14 Dec 2021
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The platforming of human embryo editing: prospecting “disease free” futures
Ayo Wahlberg, Dong Dong, Priscilla Song & Zhu Jianfeng
Pages: 367-383
Published online: 28 Nov 2021
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Thinking the unthinkable: how did human germline genome editing become ethically acceptable?
Paul A. Martin & Ilke Turkmendag
Pages: 384-405
Published online: 02 Jul 2021
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Reinterpreting “genetic identity” in the regulatory and ethical context of heritable genome editing
Ying-Qi Liaw, Ilke Turkmendag & Kathryn Hollingsworth
Pages: 406-424
Published online: 15 Jun 2021
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General Articles

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The social shaping of a diagnosis in Next Generation Sequencing
Janneke M.L. Kuiper, Pascal Borry, Danya F. Vears & Ine Van Hoyweghen
Pages: 425-448
Published online: 20 Jan 2021
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Past-futures in experimental care: breast cancer and HIV medicine
Sophie Day, William Viney, Jane Bruton & Helen Ward
Pages: 449-472
Published online: 06 Jan 2021
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Assessing public opinions on the likelihood and permissibility of gene editing through construal level theory
Derek So, Robert Sladek & Yann Joly
Pages: 473-497
Published online: 11 Jan 2021
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Governing expectations of forensic innovations in society: the case of FDP in Germany
Nina Amelung & Helena Machado
Pages: 498-519
Published online: 20 Jan 2021
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I am a Viking! DNA, popular culture and the construction of geneticized identity
Daniel Strand & Anna Källén
Pages: 520-540
Published online: 31 Jan 2021
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The omics of our lives: practices and policies of direct-to-consumer epigenetic and microbiomic testing companies
Terese Knoppers, Elisabeth Beauchamp, Ken Dewar, Sarah Kimmins, Guillaume Bourque, Yann Joly & Charles Dupras
Pages: 541-569
Published online: 29 Nov 2021
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“It didn’t mean anything” – moving within a landscape of knowledge to interpret genetics and genetic test results within familial cancer concerns
Mavis Machirori, Christine Patch & Alison Metcalfe
Pages: 570-598
Published online: 01 Dec 2021
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The rise of the biocyborg: synthetic biology, artificial chimerism and human enhancement
Léo Pio-Lopez
Pages: 599-619
Published online: 03 Dec 2021
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Avian reservoirs: virus hunters and birdwatchers in Chinese sentinel posts
by Frédéric Keck, Durham, NC, Duke University Press, 2020, 256 pp., $26.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-4780-0698-5
Stephen Molldrem
Pages: 620-621
Published online: 24 Feb 2021
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GUYnecology: the missing science of men’s reproductive health
by Rene Almeling, Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2020, 304 pp, ISBN:9780520289253
Joe Strong
Pages: 622-624
Published online: 28 Feb 2021
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Mapping humanity: how modern genetics is changing criminal justice, personalized medicine, and our identities
by Joshua Z. Rappoport, Dallas, BenBella Books Inc., 2020, 300 pp., $USD 17.95, ISBN 978-1-950665-08-2
Daniel Chavez-Yenter
Pages: 624-628
Published online: 28 Feb 2021
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List of Reviewers

Many thanks for New Genetics and Society reviewers
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Published online: 14 Dec 2021
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