The politics of biomedical platforms: controversy around the molecularization of cytogenetics in prenatal diagnosis

The introduction of a new technique based on molecular cytogenetics (the comparative genomic hybridization microarray, Chromosomal Micro-Array) in prenatal diagnosis is here used as an occasion to politically elaborate Cambrosio’s and Keating’s framework of “biomedical platform.” The uncertainty gen...

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Main Author: Mauro Turrini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-04-01
Series:New Genetics and Society
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2017.1302324