Bioethnic Conscription: Genes, Race, and Mexicana/o Ethnicity in Diabetes Research

• Published in: Cultural anthropology Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 94 - 128
• Main Author: Montoya, Michael J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK American Anthropological Association 01.02.2007; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Anthropology; Biomedicine; Borders; Boundaries; Causality; Conscription; Diabetes; Disease; Diseases; DNA; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Genetic engineering; Genetic research; Genetics; Human genetics; Life; Medical genetics; Medical research; Medicine; Population genetics; Race; Science; Scientists; Social history; Social identity; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; U.S.‐‐Mexico border; New York; Mexico; United States > US; Japan

This article is an examination of academic, corporate, and state-funded alliance of molecular, biological, computer, and clinical scientists who are conducting research into the genetic epidemiology of type 2 diabetes. Because type 2 diabetes affects human groups differently, researchers use ethnic...