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Translating at Work

Genetically Modified Mouse Models and Molecularization in the Environmental Health Sciences

Brandeis University

This paper examines processes of translation through which molecular genetic technologies and practices are incorporated into environmental health research and regulation. Specifically, it considers how scientists, risk assessors, and regulators have used genetically modified mouse models to translate across scientific disciplines, articulate emergent molecular forms, standards, and practices with the extant? gold standard,? and establish roles for molecular knowledge in risk assessment and regulation. Noting variation both within and between regulatory agencies in responses to data from these models, the article describes also the role of public-private networks and their effects on professional and institutional imperatives which shape regulators? responses to the potential applications of these models. The conclusions address the importance of translation for understanding the wider implications of the molecularization of environmental health science.

Key Words: molecularization • environmental health science • translation • boundary objects

Science, Technology & Human Values, Vol. 32, No. 3, 315-338 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0162243906298353


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