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Who Owns Life?

by David Magnus, Arthur Caplan, Glenn McGee

BiotechnologyIntellectual propertyScience and lawMoral and ethical aspectsGenesGenetic engineeringPatentsBioethical Issues

Now that the privatization feeding frenzy is reaching people's bodies and the genes of their potential children, scholars of biological and medical sciences, philosophy, law, and social sciences look ahead to predict who will end up owning people--probably a few biotechnology companies--and whether or not this is a good idea for anyone but those companies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

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