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- Title
Biotechnology as religion.
- Authors
Turner, Leigh
- Abstract
Since early days of the Human Genome Project, numerous scholars have explored how genetics often serves not just as a scientific research program, but also as a theology or quasi-religious belief system. Dorothy Nelkin, a longtime observer of popular understandings of genetics, drew attention to "promotional metaphors" characterizing the genome as "The Book of Life" and the Human Genome Project as the quest for the "Holy Grail." Many individuals draw a bright line between religion and the sciences.
- Subjects
HUMAN genome; HUMAN Genome Project; SCHOLARS; GENOMES; GENETICS; NELKIN, Dorothy
- Publication
Nature Biotechnology, 2004, Vol 22, Issue 6, p659
- ISSN
1087-0156
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nbt0604-659