Bioinformation (Resources)
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (977 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1509505466 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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This study is an invaluable guide to the vicissitudes of living data in all their social complexity."Catherine Waldby, Australian National University"Bioinformation is a detailed and accessible analysis of how data and information derived from humans and other living organisms are used to create value, meaning and profits. A refreshing alternative to starry-eyed celebrations of the opportunities of big data, it shows how the collection and use of bioinformation affects the distribution of power and other resources in our societies."Barbara Prainsack, King’s College London. "Data sciences and life sciences are deeply intertwined and bio information enjoys all the lev
Its unique provenance ? the fact that it is ?mined? from the very fabric of the human body ? makes it a mercurial resource; one that no one seemingly owns, but in which many have deeply vested interests. From DNA sequences stored on computer databases to archived forensic samples and biomedical records, bioinformation comes in many forms. Who has the right to exploit and benefit from bioinformation? The individual or community from whom it was derived? The scientists and technicians who make its extraction both possible and meaningful or the commercial and political interests which fund this work? Who is excluded or even at risk from its commercialisation? And what threats and opportunities might the generation of ?Big Bioinformational Data? raise? In this groundbreaking book, authors Bronwyn Parry and Beth Greenhough explore the complex economic, social and political questions arising from the creation and use of bioinformation. But, they argue, change is afoot as new
. Beth Greenhough is Associate Professor in Human Geography at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford. Bronwyn Parry is Professor in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at King?s College, London