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Our tissues, genes, and organs are becoming, in the words of the head of one pharmaceutical company, ‘the currency of the future’. From the trafficking of women for their eggs to ‘beauty junkies’ and designer gene repair kits, Donna Dickenson reveals the myriad and often ingenious ways that body parts are converted into profits. Despite what the media – or even your doctor – might say, the current biotechnological gold rush is not inevitable and can be resisted. This gripping, powerful book is essential reading for anyone concerned with the ownership and the commercial use (and abuse) of our bodies and those of our loved ones. The fight isn't over yet. Indeed, it’s hardly begun.

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An alarming and illuminating book. No-one with any interest at all in medicine and society and how they interact should miss this. Philip Pullman Blending shrewd policy analysis with a gift for storytelling, Donna Dickenson offers a riveting expose of the modern marketplace for human body parts and a compelling call to action. Lori Andrews, Law professor, co-author of Genetics: Ethics, Law and Policy and author of the novel, The Silent Assassin

"""An alarming and illuminating book. No-one with any interest at all in medicine and society and how they interact should miss this."" Philip Pullman""Blending shrewd policy analysis with a gift for storytelling, Donna Dickenson offers a riveting expose of the modern marketplace for human body parts and a compelling call to action."" Lori Andrews, Law professor, co-author of ""Genetics: Ethics, Law and Policy"" and author of the novel, ""The Silent Assassin"""

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Donna Dickenson is Professor Emerita of Medical Ethics and Humanities at the University of London and recipient of the 2006 International Spinoza Lens award.

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