A National Book Award winner’s personal journey through the ethical dilemmas and unsettling choices raised by the new frontier of DNA testing. Several years a
In late medieval and early modern Europe, definitions of blood in medical writing were slippery and changeable: blood was at once the red fluid in human veins,
First Published in 2002. This study explores how the five tribes of Oklahoma - Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles - strove to achieve politi
Describes how advanced genetic testing led to the author's discovery that she was predisposed to ovarian and breast cancer and examines how genetic data shapes
One day she has a family, the next day she doesn't. When a distant relative invites Fame to England for a visit and she innocently accepts, life really gets int