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GENES, CELLS AND BRAINS : THE PROMETHEAN PROMISES OF THE NEW BIOLOGY

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: 2015 LONDON FOUNDATION BOOKSEdition: 1Description: 329ISBN:
  • 9789384463472
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 572.86 RO
Summary: Examining the establishment of biobanks, the rivalries between public and private genesequencers, and the rise of stem cell research, the authors ask why the promised cornucopia of health benefits has failed to emerge and reveal the questionable enterprise that has grown out of bioethics. The human body is becoming a commodity, and the unfulfilled promises of the science behind this revolution suggest profound failings in genomics itself.
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Examining the establishment of biobanks, the rivalries between public and private genesequencers, and the rise of stem cell research, the authors ask why the promised cornucopia of health benefits has failed to emerge and reveal the questionable enterprise that has grown out of bioethics. The human body is becoming a commodity, and the unfulfilled promises of the science behind this revolution suggest profound failings in genomics itself.

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