Doctoral Dissertation Research, Anthropos: Being Human at the State-of-the-Art. New Genetic Technologies and Scientific Lives

本论文研究项目是对密克罗尼西亚科斯雷岛的实地研究，这将形成一个更大的研究的一个组成部分，该研究着眼于分子生物学的变化，因为人类基因组正在测序，越来越多的人类遗传数据正在产生。这一具体的次级研究将涉及对一个孤立岛屿人口进行的遗传研究进行人种学分析。孤立的群体通常用于识别特定的基因突变。使用这些人口是非常有争议的。这项研究将特别关注对密克罗尼西亚科斯雷人口进行的遗传筛查，洛克菲勒大学的一个科学小组正在寻找与X综合征发病有关的基因突变，X综合征是一种由II型糖尿病、高血压、高脂血症和肥胖症组成的综合征。将进行人种学分析，重点是科斯雷恩岛民与进行研究的科学研究小组之间的互动。

This dissertation research project is a field study on the island of Kosrae, Micronesia, which will form an integral component of a larger study looking at the shifts in molecular biology that are occurring as the human genome is being sequenced and increasing amounts of human genetic data are being produced. This particular sub-study will involve an ethnographic analysis of a genetic research study being carried out on an isolated island population. Isolated populations are often used to identify specific genetic mutations. The use of such populations is highly controversial. This study will particularly focus on a genetic screen being done on the population of Kosrae, Micronesia, in which a scientific team from the Rockefeller University is looking for genetic mutations involved the onset of Syndrome X, a syndrome which is comprised of Type II Diabetes, high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, and obesity. An ethnographic analysis will be done focusing on the interactions between the Kosraen islanders and the scientific research team conducting the study.