Body Bazaar: The Market for Human Tissue in the Biotechnology Age
Andrews, Lori,Nelkin, Dorothy
ISBN 10: 0609605402 ISBN 13: 9780609605400
Editorial: Crown, 2001
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Provides a provocative and disturbing study of the growing trade in human DNA, tissue, blood, bones, embryos, and other commodities and assesses the implications of such access to biological material and genetic information in terms of scientific research, law enforcement, business, and more. 20,000 first printing.
Acerca del autor: Lori Andrews is the director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology at the Illinois Institute of Technology and professor of law, Chicago-Kent College of Law. She has been an adviser on biotechnology to Congress, the World Health Organization, and the National Institutes of Health, as well as foreign governments. Ms. Andrews is the author of <i>The Clone Age</i>.<br><br>Dorothy Nelkin is the author of many books, including <i>The DNA Mystique</i>, <i>Dangerous Diagnostics</i>, and <i>Selling Science</i>. Her articles appear in both academic publications and the popular media. She holds a university professorship at New York University and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine. She has served on commissions at the National Institutes of Health, the De
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Título: Body Bazaar: The Market for Human Tissue in ...
Editorial: Crown
Año de publicación: 2001
Encuadernación: hardcover
Condición: Very Good