The rare and the common: scale and the genetic imaginary in Alzheimer's disease drug development

In this paper I examine how the promissory value of genetics is constituted through processes of scale and scaling, focussing on the relationship between “rare” and “common” forms of disease. I highlight the bodies and spaces involved in the production of post-genomic knowledge and technologies of A...

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Main Author: Richard Milne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:New Genetics and Society
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2019.1637718