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DNA Research
New findings from University of Ottawa describe advances in DNA research
August 2nd, 2008
According to recent research from Ottawa, Canada, "Research has shown that the adoption and integration of new technologies in professional environments and daily lives depend less on their objective characteristics and ''real'' performance than on representations and hopes built into those technologies." "This paper will focus on DNA technology and the meanings and expectations invested into it by actors who participated in the debate surrounding two bills on DNA identification in Canada. Through this process, we will uncover the symbolic conditions that allowed for the introduction of the National DNA Databank as a crime-fighting tool: first, the minimization of the...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-08-02)
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