TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bowring,Finn
TI  - Science, seeds and cyborgs: biotechnology and the appropriation of life 
SN  - 1859846874
AV  - TP248.6 .B695 2003
U1  - 306.46 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Verso
KW  - Genetic engineering
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Biotechnology
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Animals, Genetically Modified
KW  - Cloning, Organism
KW  - Genetic Determinism
KW  - Genetics, Medical
KW  - Plants, Genetically Modified
KW  - Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
N1  - 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
N2  - "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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