Asian Biotech: Ethics and Communities of Fate

Book Overview

Providing the first overview of Asia's emerging biosciences landscape, this timely and important collection brings together ethnographic case studies on biotech endeavors such as genetically modified foods in China, clinical trials in India, blood collection in Singapore and China, and stem-cell research in Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. While biotech policies and projects vary by country, the contributors identify a significant trend toward...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822348098
• ISBN13: 9780822348092
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"