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Science 15 July 2005:
Vol. 309. no. 5733, p. 384
DOI: 10.1126/science.1114034
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SCIENCE AND SOCIETY:
Deconstructing Biotechnology

Juan Enriquez
The Global Genome
Biotechnology, Politics, and Culture
by Eugene Thacker
MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005. 440 pp. $39.95, £25.95. ISBN 0-262-20155-0. Leonardo Books.
Exploring the relations among DNA as material in a test tube, a sequence in a database, and economically valuable information in a patent, the author argues that these entities and their relations are redefining our notions of biological life.
The reviewer is at Biotechonomy LLC, Wellesley Hills, MA 02481, USA. E-mail: jenriquez{at}biotechonomy.com

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