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In the biotech revolution, it is the human body, not iron or steel or plastic, that's at the source. Are the biocapitalists going to be allowed to dig without consent into our genetic codes, then market them?

Ellen Goodman

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Ellen Goodman
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 11
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