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Ruth McNally

Ruth McNally is Senior Research Associate with the ESRC Centre for Economic & Social Aspects of Genomics (CESAGen), based at Cardiff. She has a BSc (Hons) Genetics, an MA Socio-Legal Studies & a PhD Science & Technology Studies. Her research focus is the social relations of innovations in the biosciences. She has published one co-authored and two co-edited books with Peter Wheale: Genetic Engineering: Catastrophe or Utopia?; The Bio-Revolution: Cornucopia or Pandora's Box?; Animal Genetic Engineering: Of Pigs, Oncomice and Men. She has also published articles & book chapters on the risks of recombinant DNA technology; environmental regulation of gmos; European biotechnology policy; gene therapy; transgenic fox rabies vaccine; biopatenting; eugenics; and forensic DNA profiling.

Her current research projects are:

• 'Beyond eugenics: Post-eugenics & "eubionics"'
• 'Sustainable technology transition through innovation network reconfiguration: Dematerialising the'printed paper text' sociotechnical system' (ESRC Sustainable Technologies Project)
• 'Transcending the genome: The paradigm shift to proteomics' (CESAGen Flagship Project)

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