![]() Her fascinating new book, Blood Work, chronicles the earliest experiments into blood transfusion and the furor surrounding them. ![]() She fears, however, that the modern United States is in danger of repeating a tragic mistake, where beneficial scientific research is curtailed by politics, religious belief, and fear. Author Holly Tucker believes that this gap, this terra incognita that exists between the limits of what is acceptable to society and where science wishes to take us, must be overcome. It can be difficult, however, to reconcile these new discoveries with the old beliefs. As a progressive endeavor, scientific research seeks to discover truth, irrespective of conventional wisdom. ![]() On the frontiers of science, it may seem like the bounds of society have been left far behind. ![]()
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