John R. Mather Lecture 2019: Genes, Patents, and Race: The History of Science as a Bridge between Disciplines

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Speaker: Myles Jackson, Professor, History of Science, Institute for Advanced Study

Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 6PM
Mitchell Hall, 134 The Green, Newark DE

Reception to follow at 7pm at the Harker ISE Lab Atrium, 221 Academy Street, Newark, DE 19716

The history of science can contribute to the understanding of two controversial aspects of biomedical research: gene patenting and race and genomics. How has gene patenting challenged the content and conduct of scientific research? Does it pose a threat to knowledge sharing? And can someone’s ‘race’ be determined by her/his genome? What are the sociopolitical ramifications if it can? And what are they if it cannot? Historians of science can illustrate that neither gene patenting nor basing human classification on race is inevitable: there always have been alternatives. Much is at stake.

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