Science fiction/science fact: Medical genetics in news stories

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-353

  Petersen, Alan ^a   Anderson, Alison ^a   Allan, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMAGERY; LITERATURE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCIENCE; STEM CELL;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHILD; DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; FORECASTING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; INFANT; JOURNALISM; LITERATURE, MODERN; MASS MEDIA; METAPHOR; NEWSPAPERS; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; SCIENCE; SIBLINGS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 28744458218     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14636770500350088     Document Type: Review

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