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The Alienation of Body Tissue and the Biopolitics of Immortalized Cell Lines
2001-09-01
Abstract excerpt
The alienation of body parts and their transformation into commodities raises questions about ownership, property rights, and about possible violation of the moral order. This article focuses on the `social life' of objects, including body parts, and the multiple meanings attached to them that are made visible in systems of exchange. The transformation of DNA obtained in blood samples into immortalized cell lines...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 74c80bcb-8cea-5668-a85a-2a49f2571de6
- DOI
- 10.1177/1357034x0100700204