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.
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Biotechnology -- Social aspects.
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Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Biotechnology. (OCoLC)fst00832729
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Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00832760
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Biotechnology -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00832780
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Biotechnology -- ethics.
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Biotechnology -- trends.
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Bioethics.
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ISBN |
9780226045962 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper) |
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022604596X (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper) |
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9780226046013 (paperback ;) (alkaline paper) |
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022604601X (paperback ;) (alkaline paper) |
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9780226046150 (electronic book) |
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