Private science : biotechnology and the rise of the molecular sciences /
edited by Arnold Thackray.
- xi, 268 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- The chemical sciences in society series. .
- Chemical sciences in society series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Molecular Biology and the Long-Term History of Biotechnology -- Problematizing Basic Research in Molecular Biology -- Biotechnology and Blood: Edwin Cohn's Plasma Fractionation Project, 1940-1953 -- Diamond v. Chakrabarty and Beyond: The Political Economy of Patenting Life -- Molecular Politics in a Global Economy -- The Political Economy of British Biotechnology -- Biotechnology and the Creation of a New Economic Space -- The Cultural and Symbolic Dimensions of Agricultural Biotechnology -- Monoclonal Antibodies: From Local to Extended Networks -- The Human Genome Project and the Acceleration of Biotechnology -- Data Access Policy in Genome Research -- Biotechnology's Private Parts (and Some Public Ones) -- Index -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments.