{"product_id":"9781349533800","title":"Biotechnology Policy across National Boundaries : The Science-Industrial Complex by D. West","description":"A globalization of innovation has produced the most massive spurt in biotechnology in world history.? Businesses, universities, and non-governmental organizations are collaborating to produce a \"science-industrial complex\" in biotechnology.? Using case studies of stem cell research, cloning, genetically modified food, in-vitro fertilization, and chimeras in a number of Eastern and Western countries around the world, I argue that much of this biotech activity is global in nature and independent of state control.? This shift in the relative influence of state and non-state actors has led to the virtual deregulation of biotechnology and the liberation of innovation from geo-political constraints.? These trends post a number of interesting social, political, and ethical issues for the contemporary period and suggest the need to rethink how controversial moral issues are handled by the science-industrial complex.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56312209277301,"sku":"9781349533800","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781349533800.jpg?v=1762821023","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781349533800","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}