Remaking Life and Death : Towards an Anthropology of the Biosciences

- This volume reflects the growing international concern about the issues of organ transplantation, new reproductive and genetic technologies and embryo research. - It examines the political economy of body parts, organ and tissue 'harvesting', bio-prospecting and the patenting of life-forms, as well as governance and regulation in cloning, organ transplantation, tissue engineering, and artificial life system procedures. - It reaffirms the value of cross-cultural comparison and assesses advances in bioscience.