4e de couv.: In Fungible Life Aihwa Ong explores the dynamic world of cutting-edge bioscience research, offering critical insights into the complex ways Asian bioscientific worlds and cosmopolitan sciences are entangled in a tropical environment brimming with the threat of emerg…
Where the wild genes are -- An atlas of Asian diseases -- Smoldering fire -- The productive uncertainty of bioethics -- Virtue and expatriate scientists -- Perturbing life -- A single wave -- "Viruses don't carry passports"--The "athlete gene" in China's future -- Epilogue: A DN…
In Fungible Life Aihwa Ong explores the dynamic world of cutting-edge bioscience research, offering critical insights into the complex ways Asian bioscientific worlds and cosmopolitan sciences are entangled in a tropical environment brimming with the threat of emergent diseases.…
In Fungible Life Aihwa Ong traces the revolutionary scientific developments in Asia by investigating how biomedical centers in Biopolis, Singapore and China mobilize ethnicized ""Asian"" bodies and health data for genomic research.
Asian biotech: ethics and communities of fate
Asian biotech: ethics and communities of fate
4e de couv.: Providing the first overview of Asia's 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 Sing…
Asian biotech: ethics and communities of fate
Asian biotech: ethics and communities of fate
Ethnographic essays that examine the effects of biotechnology in the Asia-Pacific region, including its influence on forms of governance, economy, and national identity.