TY - JOUR
T1 - New spaces of biological commodification
T2 - The dynamics of trade in genetic resources and 'bioinformation'
AU - Parry, Bronwyn
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - The genetic revolution is transforming agriculture and medicine, creating markets for genetic materials of both human and non-human origin that might form the basis of new proprietary products. In this paper I outline how these biological materials are combined with specialised scientific knowledge to create engineered artefacts - cell lines, tissue samples, sequenced DNA - that are now commodified and traded internationally as part of the new global resource economy in 'bioinformation'. In so doing I place particular emphasis on the role that spatial relations have played in shaping the organisation and operation of this new scientific and industrial enterprise.
AB - The genetic revolution is transforming agriculture and medicine, creating markets for genetic materials of both human and non-human origin that might form the basis of new proprietary products. In this paper I outline how these biological materials are combined with specialised scientific knowledge to create engineered artefacts - cell lines, tissue samples, sequenced DNA - that are now commodified and traded internationally as part of the new global resource economy in 'bioinformation'. In so doing I place particular emphasis on the role that spatial relations have played in shaping the organisation and operation of this new scientific and industrial enterprise.
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U2 - 10.1179/030801806X84228
DO - 10.1179/030801806X84228
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:33745638135
SN - 0308-0188
VL - 31
SP - 19
EP - 31
JO - Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
JF - Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
IS - 1
ER -