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Liberation biology : the scientific and moral case for the biotech revolution / Ronald Bailey.

By: Bailey, Ronald.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2005Description: 332 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1591022274 (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Biotechnology -- Social aspects | Genetic engineering -- Social aspects | BioethicsDDC classification: 303.48/3 Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
Preface: brave new world reconsidered -- Introduction: biopolitics-fight of the century -- Forever young : the biology and politics of immortality -- Final victory over disease? : building humanity's extended immune system -- Are stem cells babies? : the ethics of making perfect transplants -- Who's afraid of human cloning? -- Hooray for designer babies! -- Biotech cornucopia : improving nature for humanity's benefit -- Changing your own mind : the neuroethics of psychopharmacology -- Conclusion: the age of liberation biology -- Acknowledgements -- Author biography -- Endnotes.
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General Circulation Books General Circulation Books Non-fiction TP248.2 .B35 2005 (Browse shelf) Available MO
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-310)

Preface: brave new world reconsidered -- Introduction: biopolitics-fight of the century -- Forever young : the biology and politics of immortality -- Final victory over disease? : building humanity's extended immune system -- Are stem cells babies? : the ethics of making perfect transplants -- Who's afraid of human cloning? -- Hooray for designer babies! -- Biotech cornucopia : improving nature for humanity's benefit -- Changing your own mind : the neuroethics of psychopharmacology -- Conclusion: the age of liberation biology -- Acknowledgements -- Author biography -- Endnotes.

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