Genetics: a critical history
Essay [20 000 words] “We are painfully aware that genetic science has, for more than a century, played a central role in producing the ideology […]
Articles
A Pronatalist Vision of Humanity’s Future
Short text [1000 words] This text was written for the Center for Genetics and Society website and newsletter A recent undercover investigation by the UK […]
Profecía y subjetivación genética, la cita con el médico
[Ensayo – 7000 palabras] => pdf aqui The essay is available in English L’essai est disponible en français Pues me encuentro de nuevo en la […]
Genetic prophecy and subjectification, the doctor’s appointment
[Essay – 7000 mots] => pdf here L’essai est disponible en français El ensayo esta disponible en castellano Then I find myself back in a […]
Collection of short essays
[UNIVERSITY ESSAYS]
What’s the use of the UK Citizens jury on human embryo editing?
[UNIVERSITY ESSAY – 1000 words] For decades, the development and implementation of biotechnologies, like the announcement in 2018 of the first genetically modified human babies […]
Benefits and limitations of public participation in decisions about science, the case of the Heritable human germline editing debate
[UNIVERSITY ESSAY – 2000 words] A newly developed genetic engineering technology called CRISPR was used in 2018 to genetically modify human embryos leading to at […]
When viruses shatter limits
[ESSAY – 2500 words] Viruses are invisibly small, cause monumental pandemics, and force us to rethink our taxonomies. “All that is left to us, therefore, […]
Divagations sur le virus
[ESSAI – 2500 mots] Les virus sont invisibles, causent des pandémies monumentales et nous forcent à repenser nos taxonomies. “Il nous reste, par conséquent, à […]