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  • Ana María Vara

Abstract

"Biotechnology is not entirely easy to define, because it is used in very different ways by different people in different contexts," admits Moses (2004: 237) when introducing the science policy dossier in a recent issue of Current Opinion in Biotechnology. He then offers a categorization that is striking for its level of generality: "at one extreme, it can be seen almost as a science—a compendium of genetics, molecular biology, and related topics that are somehow subsumed in a vaguely defined practical context. At the other, it is modern biology expressed in commercial terms of products and services."

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References

BUD, Robert (1991): “Biotechnology in the twentieth century”, Social Studies of Sciences, volume 21, issue 3 (Aug.), pp. 415-457.

DIETRICH Heather; SCHIBECI, Renato (2003): “Beyond public perceptions of gene technology: community participation in public policy in Australia”, Public Understanding of Science 12, pp. 381-401.

MOSES, Vivian (2004): “Biotechnology and science policy”, editorial overview, Current Opinion in Biotechnology 15, pp. 237-240.

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Published

2004-09-30

How to Cite

Vara, A. M. (2004). Presentation. Revista Iberoamericana De Ciencia, Tecnología Y Sociedad - CTS (Ibero-American Science, Technology and Society Journal), 1(3), 75–78. Retrieved from https://ojs.revistacts.net/index.php/CTS/article/view/1047

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 3 (2004)

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Dossier

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