Epigenetics and public policy : the tangled web of science and politics / Shea K. Robison.
Robison, Shea K., author.
2018
QH431 .R7423 2018eb
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Title Epigenetics and public policy : the tangled web of science and politics / Shea K. Robison.
Author Robison, Shea K., author.
ISBN 9781440844706 (electronic book)
1440844704 (electronic book)
9781440844690
Published Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2018]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (viii, 365 pages)
Call Number QH431 .R7423 2018eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 616/.042
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, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Pt. 1. The science of epigenetics
pt. 2. The political history of epigenetics
pt. 3. Epigenetics in public policy.

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