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Biotechnology and society : an introduction / Hallam Stevens.
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Stevens, Hallam
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Description
397 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Engineering Library - Stacks
TP248.23 .S74 2016
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Biotechnology
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Biotechnology
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Social aspects
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Biotechnology
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Moral and ethical aspects
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Bioengineering
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Bioethics
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Summary note
"With Biotechnology and Society, Hallam Stevens offers an up-to-date primer to help us understand the interactions of biotechnology and society and the debates, controversies, fears, and hopes that have shaped how we think about bodies, organisms, and life in the twenty-first century. Stevens addresses such topics as genetically modified foods, cloning, and stem cells; genetic testing and the potential for discrimination; fears of (and, in some cases, hopes for) designer babies; personal genomics; biosecurity; and biotech art. Taken as a whole, the book presents a clear, authoritative picture of the relationship between biotechnology and society today, and how our conceptions (and misconceptions) of it could shape future developments. It is an essential volume for students and scholars working with biotechnology, while still being accessible to the general reader interested in the truth behind breathless media accounts about biotech's promise and perils"--The publisher.
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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.
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ISBN
9780226045962 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
022604596X ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
9780226046013 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
022604601X ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2015044526
OCLC
929985397
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