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Author Stevens, Hallam, author.

Title Biotechnology and society : an introduction / Hallam Stevens.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2016.
©2016

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  660.6 S844B    Check Shelf
Description 397 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The limits of biotechnology -- What is biotechnology? -- The long history of biotechnology -- Genetic engineering -- Inventing genetic engineering -- Recombinant DNA debates -- Owning life -- Biotechnology and business -- Patenting life -- Genetically modified foods -- Risk, regulation, and our food -- The economics of eating -- The boundaries of bodily life -- Owning part of you -- Freezing, banking, crossing -- Mapping genes, making society -- Eugenics -- The human genome project -- Genetic testing, discrimination, and bioethics -- Genetic testing, disability, and discrimination -- Bioethics and medicine -- Virgin births -- From the pill to IVF -- Cloning -- Re-routing life -- Stem cells -- Designer babies -- Minding your own biological business -- Drugs and designer bodies -- Personal genomics -- Biotechnology and diversity -- Biotechnology and race -- Bioprospecting and biocolonialism -- Biological futures -- Synthetic biology and bioterrorism -- Biotechnology and art -- Conclusion: eternal life and the posthuman future.
Subject Biotechnology.
Biotechnology -- Social aspects.
Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Biotechnology. (OCoLC)fst00832729
Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects. (OCoLC)fst00832760
Biotechnology -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00832780
Biotechnology -- ethics.
Biotechnology -- trends.
Bioethics.
ISBN 9780226045962 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper)
022604596X (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper)
9780226046013 (paperback ;) (alkaline paper)
022604601X (paperback ;) (alkaline paper)
9780226046150 (electronic book)
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