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Science, seeds and cyborgs : biotechnology and the appropriation of life / Finn Bowring.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Verso, 2003Description: xiii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1859846874
  • 9781859846872
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.46 21
LOC classification:
  • TP248.6 .B695 2003
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- Revolution in molecular biology -- Agricultural biotechnology and ecological risk -- Life science industry -- Manufacturing scarcity -- Animal biotechnology and ethics -- Health and disease : the limitations of genetic determinism -- From pharmacogenetics to gene therapy -- Road to human cloning -- Genetic discrimination : information and power -- Making babies : the appropriation of life -- Cyborg solution -- --
1. The Revolution in Molecular Biology -- 2. Agricultural Biotechnology and Ecological Risk -- 3. The Life Science Industry -- 4. Manufacturing Scarcity -- 5. Animal Biotechnology and Ethics -- 6. Health and Disease: The Limitations of Genetic Determinism -- 7. From Pharmacogenetics to Gene Therapy -- 8. The Road to Human Cloning -- 9. Genetic Discrimination: Information and Power -- 10. Making Babies: The Appropriation of Life -- 11. The Cyborg Solution.
Review: "Science, Seeds and Cyborgs is a detailed examination and critique of the DNA-centric paradigm in molecular biology, and of the biotech industry it has spawned. It argues that the genetic manipulation of organisms is proceeding along a perilous path, where even the successes of the new genetic technologies produce corrosive cultural effects, making it progressively easier to think of organisms - including the human one - as disposable artefacts. Exploring the wide reach of modern biotechnology, from the genetic modification of plants and animals to medical genetics, assisted reproduction and human cloning, it suggests that we are losing sight of the human being in favour of adapting that being to an inhuman world."--Jacket.Review: "Science, Seeds and Cyborgs is a detailed examination and critique of the DNA-centric paradigm in molecular biology, and of the biotech industry it has spawned. It argues that the genetic manipulation of organisms is proceeding along a perilous path, where even the successes of the new genetic technologies produce corrosive cultural effects, making it progressively easier to think of organisms - including the human one - as disposable artefacts. Exploring the wide reach of modern biotechnology, from the genetic modification of plants and animals to medical genetics, assisted reproduction and human cloning, it suggests that we are losing sight of the human being in favour of adapting that being to an inhuman world."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- Revolution in molecular biology -- Agricultural biotechnology and ecological risk -- Life science industry -- Manufacturing scarcity -- Animal biotechnology and ethics -- Health and disease : the limitations of genetic determinism -- From pharmacogenetics to gene therapy -- Road to human cloning -- Genetic discrimination : information and power -- Making babies : the appropriation of life -- Cyborg solution -- --

1. The Revolution in Molecular Biology -- 2. Agricultural Biotechnology and Ecological Risk -- 3. The Life Science Industry -- 4. Manufacturing Scarcity -- 5. Animal Biotechnology and Ethics -- 6. Health and Disease: The Limitations of Genetic Determinism -- 7. From Pharmacogenetics to Gene Therapy -- 8. The Road to Human Cloning -- 9. Genetic Discrimination: Information and Power -- 10. Making Babies: The Appropriation of Life -- 11. The Cyborg Solution.

"Science, Seeds and Cyborgs is a detailed examination and critique of the DNA-centric paradigm in molecular biology, and of the biotech industry it has spawned. It argues that the genetic manipulation of organisms is proceeding along a perilous path, where even the successes of the new genetic technologies produce corrosive cultural effects, making it progressively easier to think of organisms - including the human one - as disposable artefacts. Exploring the wide reach of modern biotechnology, from the genetic modification of plants and animals to medical genetics, assisted reproduction and human cloning, it suggests that we are losing sight of the human being in favour of adapting that being to an inhuman world."--Jacket.

"Science, Seeds and Cyborgs is a detailed examination and critique of the DNA-centric paradigm in molecular biology, and of the biotech industry it has spawned. It argues that the genetic manipulation of organisms is proceeding along a perilous path, where even the successes of the new genetic technologies produce corrosive cultural effects, making it progressively easier to think of organisms - including the human one - as disposable artefacts. Exploring the wide reach of modern biotechnology, from the genetic modification of plants and animals to medical genetics, assisted reproduction and human cloning, it suggests that we are losing sight of the human being in favour of adapting that being to an inhuman world."--BOOK JACKET.

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