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      Biotech Juggernaut: Hope, Hype, and Hidden Agendas of Entrepreneurial BioScience

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      Tracing the rise and cultural politics of biotechnology from a critical perspective, Biotech Juggernaut examines the intensifying effort of bioentrepreneurs to apply genetic engineering technologies to the human species. It explains how converging vectors of economic, politic,...

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      Product ID:9781138043237
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Biotech Juggernaut
      Subtitle:Hope, Hype, and Hidden Agendas of Entrepreneurial BioScience
      Authors:Author: Stuart Newman, Tina Stevens
      Page Count:206
      Subjects:Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Personal and public health / health education, Medical sociology, Genetics (non-medical), Human biology, Biotechnology, Personal & public health, Medical sociology, Genetics (non-medical), Medical anthropology, Biotechnology
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      Tracing the rise and cultural politics of biotechnology from a critical perspective, Biotech Juggernaut examines the intensifying effort of bioentrepreneurs to apply genetic engineering technologies to the human species. It explains how converging vectors of economic, politic, social, and cultural elements are driving biotechnology’s swift advance.

      Biotech Juggernaut: Hope, Hype, and Hidden Agendas of Entrepreneurial BioScience relates the intensifying effort of bioentrepreneurs to apply genetic engineering technologies to the human species and to extend the commercial reach of synthetic biology or "extreme genetic engineering." In 1980, legal developments concerning patenting laws transformed scientific researchers into bioentrepreneurs. Often motivated to create profit-driven biotech start-up companies or to serve on their advisory boards, university researchers now commonly operate under serious conflicts of interest. These conflicts stand in the way of giving full consideration to the social and ethical consequences of the technologies they seek to develop. Too often, bioentrepreneurs have worked to obscure how these technologies could alter human evolution and to hide the social costs of keeping on this path. Tracing the rise and cultural politics of biotechnology from a critical perspective, Biotech Juggernaut aims to correct the informational imbalance between producers of biotechnologies on the one hand, and the intended consumers of these technologies and general society, on the other. It explains how the converging vectors of economic, political, social, and cultural elements driving biotechnology’s swift advance constitutes a juggernaut. It concludes with a reflection on whether it is possible for an informed public to halt what appears to be a runaway force.


      Imprint Name:Routledge
      Publisher Name:Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2019-02-01

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      Weight326 g
      Dimensions234 × 168 × 12 mm