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Profitable Promises: Essays on Women, Science & Health

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This book is thought provoking and stimulating reading for those interested in genetics. Ms. Hubbard lays bare the medical establishment's incestuous culture that self-affirms even the most absurd genetic concepts.

This book illuminates for us some of the problems with genetic testing within our medical system, for example, she says, `the predictive significance of genetic information is often exaggerated or misstated'.

Many people, have been and will be, discriminated against because they have genetic markers or they allegedly have a predisposition to certain diseases. Yet Ms. Hubbard explains that we are not simply our genes but `an interplay between numbers of genetic and environmental factors'. She covers predictive tests and their downfalls, genes and behavior.

This book is about real objective science and it is sure to give you a heavy dose of reality and a new perspective on the human genome project, and all the tests and products that come of it. Also of note, her son Elijah Wald has written an essay on gay genes, in this book, which is also included in the book they wrote together, Exploding the Gene Myth. Read this book if you are interested in genetic testing, women's health, genetic discrimination, sexism and sociobiology, and/or racism.