Providing the first overview of AsiaÕs 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 state entrepreneurialism in biotechnology, and t

First Author: Ong, Aihwa; Chen, Nancy N.

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Bibliographic Information

Type: Book Chapter

Book Title: Asian Biotech: Ethics and Communities of Fate (2010)

Page Reference: 215-238

ISBN: 9780822347934