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9780754632382

Splicing Life?: The New Genetics and Society

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  • ISBN13:

    9780754632382

  • ISBN10:

    0754632385

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-07-28
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

This unique, exploratory volume discusses the ethical, cultural and philosophical issues surrounding the search for the 'book of life', focusing in particular on the mapping of the human genome in Britain, the USA and Europe.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
vi
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction
1(6)
The Hunt for the Holy Grail: Compiling the Book of Life
7(20)
Doing the Human Genome Project
27(26)
Managing Genetic Information
53(12)
`Frankenstein' Foods, or the Revenge of the Genetically Modified Potatoes
65(12)
Globalisation and the Transformation of Nature
77(12)
From Commodification to Commercialisation
89(22)
Rights or Rituals: Involving the People
111(10)
New Genetics, New Millennium, New Society?
121(8)
Bibliography 129(12)
Index 141

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