Screen LibraryGenes, cells, and brains：the Promethean promises of the new biology
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| Group Author: | ; |
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| Publisher Address: | London |
| Publication Dates: | 2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 329 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781844678815 (hardback : alk. paper) 1844678814 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | Q78 |
| CLC: | Q78 |
| Call Number: | Q78/R796 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. From little genetics to big genomics -- Evolutionary theory in the post-genomic age -- Animals first : ethics enters the laboratory -- From state to consumer eugenics -- The North Atlantic bubble -- The global commodification of bioinformation -- The growing pains of regenerative medicine -- The irresistible rise of the neurotechnosciences -- Promethean promises : who benefits?. Reveals the industry scale of genetic research and the promise of the biosciences, addressing such topics as the rivalries between public and private sequencers, the rise of stem-cell research, and the current failures of bioethics |