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Translating genomics: cancer genetics, public health and the making of the (de)molecularised body in Cuba and Brazil / Convertendo a genômica: genética do câncer, saúde pública e a formação do corpo (des)molecularizado em Cuba e no Brasil
Gibbon, Sahra.
  • Gibbon, Sahra; University College London. Anthropology Department. London. GB
Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos ; 23(1): 95-112, enero-mar. 2016.
Article in English | LILACS, Inca | ID: lil-777306
ABSTRACT
Abstract This article examines how cancer genetics has emerged as a focus for research and healthcare in Cuba and Brazil. Drawing on ethnographic research undertaken in community genetics clinics and cancer genetics services, the article examines how the knowledge and technologies associated with this novel area of healthcare are translated and put to work by researchers, health professionals, patients and their families in these two contexts. It illuminates the comparative similarities and differences in how cancer genetics is emerging in relation to transnational research priorities, the history and contemporary politics of public health and embodied vulnerability to cancer that reconfigures the scope and meaning of genomics as “personalised” medicine.
RESUMO
Resumo O artigo mostra como a genética do câncer, em Cuba e no Brasil, tornou-se matéria de pesquisa, despertando maior interesse da saúde pública. Foram usadas pesquisas etnográficas realizadas em clínicas de genética comunitária e serviços de genética do câncer para averiguar como o conhecimento e as tecnologias associadas à nova área da saúde são convertidos e empregados por pesquisadores, profissionais da saúde, pacientes e familiares nesses dois contextos. Destaca, comparativamente, as semelhanças e diferenças na maneira pela qual a genética do câncer se posiciona em relação às prioridades em pesquisas transnacionais, na história e na política contemporânea da saúde pública e a vulnerabilidade incorporada ao câncer que reconfigura o escopo e o significado da genômica como a medicina “personalizada”.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Genomics / Precision Medicine / Medicalization / Neoplasms Type of study: Prognostic study / Qualitative research Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil / Caribbean / Cuba Language: English Journal: Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2016 Type: Article / Project document Affiliation country: United kingdom Institution/Affiliation country: University College London/GB

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Genomics / Precision Medicine / Medicalization / Neoplasms Type of study: Prognostic study / Qualitative research Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil / Caribbean / Cuba Language: English Journal: Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2016 Type: Article / Project document Affiliation country: United kingdom Institution/Affiliation country: University College London/GB