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Dr Dean Hamer is a Geneticist , who, As Of 2005 is the director of the Gene Structure and Regulation Unit at the U.S. National Cancer Institute (part of the National Institutes Of Health ). Born in 1951 , he obtained his BA at Trinity College , CT , USA and his Ph.D from Harvard Medical School .

He has been involved in two major scientific controversies. Together with Simon LeVay he has postulated the existence of a Gay Gene that predisposes men towards Homosexuality . More recently, he has postulated the existence of a God Gene for Religious Experience .

In addition to his scientific work, he has published a number of popular science books aimed at a general readership and is also the holder of a number of Patent s.


PUBLICATIONS

  • ''The Science of Desire'' (Simon and Schuster, 1994) ISBN 0684804468

  • ''Living with Our Genes: Why They Matter More Than You Think'' - with Peter Copeland (Anchor, 1999) ISBN 0385485840

  • ''The God Gene : How Faith is Hardwired into our Genes'' (Doubleday, 2004) ISBN 0385500580



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