New Technologies and Human Rights

The first IVF baby was born in the 1970s. Less than 20 years later, we had cloning and GM food, and information and communication technologies had transformed everyday life. In 2000, the human genome was sequenced. More recently, there has been much discussion of the economic and social benefits of nanotechnology, and synthetic biology has also been generating controversy.

This important volume is a timely contribution to increasing calls for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199562571
• ISBN13: 9780199562572
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"