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2013 | Ruha Benjamin publishes book – "People's Science: bodies and rights on the stem cell frontier"

Former ISG Postdoctoral Fellow, Ruha Benjamin, has recently published a book called “People’s Science: bodies and rights on the stem cell frontier”(Stanford University Press).  Benjamin is currently an Assistant Professor…

Most Complete Giant Panda Genetic History Revealed

A research team, led by the Institute of Zoology of Chinese Academy of Sciences and BGI Shenzhen presented the most complete reconstruction of the giant panda’s genetic history to date in the journal Nature Genetics.  The whole…

Exploring the crossroads of genetics and policy at Princeton

Shirley M. Tilghman, President of Princeton University, and Keith Wailoo, the Townsend Martin Professor of History and Public Affairs, are co-teaching a course called “Modern Genetics and Public Policy for the first time this semester. Together, they possess…

Personalized Cancer Medicine: Drugs Based On Genetics Alone Will Never Be True Cure, Study Suggests

The core premise of the leading model of cancer therapy is that cells become malignant when they develop mutations that make them proliferate uncontrolled. Find a molecule that targets the…

2012 | Hannah Landecker – The Life of Movement: From Microcinematography to Live-Cell Imaging

ISG faculty member Dr.  Hannah Landecker published her paper, “The Life of Movement: From Microcinematography to Live-Cell Imaging” in The Journal of Visual Culture, a special issue on Documentary and Science, edited by…

2012 | Saving Babies?: The Consequences of Newborn Genetic Screening

Congratulations to ISG faculty Stefan Timmermans and Mara Buchbinder on the publication of their book, “Saving Babies?: The Consequences of Newborn Genetic Screening (Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries)”. Abstract: It has been…