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The global genome : biotechnology, politics, and culture /

"In the age of global biotechnology, DNA can exist as biological material in a test tube, as a sequence in a computer database, and as economically valuable information in a patent. In The Global Genome, Eugene Thacker asks us to consider the relationship of these three entities and argues that...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thacker, Eugene
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2005.
Series:Leonardo (Series) (Cambridge, Mass.)
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The global genome
  • Bioinformatic bodies and the problem of "life itself"
  • A political economy of the genomic body
  • Biocolonialism, genomics, and the databasing of the population
  • The incorporate bodies of recombinant capital
  • Bioinfowar : biologically enhancing national security
  • The thickness of tissue engineering
  • Regenerative medicine : we can grow it for you wholesale
  • Tactical media and bioart
  • Appendix A : Biotechnology fields and areas of application
  • Appendix B : Techniques and technologies in biotechnology research
  • Appendix C : A brief chronology of bioinformatics
  • Appendix D : Biotechnology and popular culture, or, Mutants, replicants, and zombies.