Bad genes uncovered
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UK actuaries and geneticists met in September 1996 to discuss the impact which advances in genetic testing might have on the insurance industry. Speakers, on the whole, were reassuring. Insurers will not be demanding genetic tests for the foreseeable future and wish to continue the practice of insuring 95% of the population at standard rates. However, the possible extent of losses in the insurance industry brought about by people insuring themselves for large amounts after having an adverse genetic test was discussed, as were the options for provision for the uninsurable.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1996
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Objector on the road to gene hell
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Biologist Mae-Wan Ho is willing to stand out from the UK scientific community in which she works to condemn genetic engineering. Hong Kong-born Ho has always criticised reductionist science and instead applied a holistic approach. Genetic engineering is, for Ho, an extreme example of reductionist science. Ho believes that lack of attention to the environment surrounding genetic engineering could lead to disaster. She recommends a public inquiry into genetic engineering and a five-year moratorium on the commercial introduction of genetically-modified organisms.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1998
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Ill-fitting genes
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Richard Lewontin, a professor at Harvard is best known for his struggles against both sociobiology and biological and genetic reductionism. His book 'Not in our genes' was a refutation of claims that IQ, behaviour and psychiatric disorders are written in the genes. He objects to sociobiologists explanations of everything in terms of natural selection, claiming that it ignores the major evolutionary and population genetics contribution.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1996
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