Genes, cells, and brains
Subtitle: the Promethean promises of the new biology
By: Hilary and Steven Rose
Contributors: Rose, Steven P. R. (Steven Peter Russell), 1938-
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9781844678815; 9781844679171
Subjects: Genomics; Bioethical Issues; Computational Biology; Regenerative Medicine; Biotechnology
Description: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From little genetics to big genomics; title: Evolutionary theory in the post-genomic age; title: Animals first : ethics enters the laboratory; title: From state to consumer eugenics; title: The North Atlantic bubble; title: The global commodification of bioinformation; title: The growing pains of regenerative medicine; title: The irresistible rise of the neurotechnosciences; title: Promethean promises : who benefits?.