How to do things with metaphors: engineering life as hodgepodge

Abstract This paper presents a collaboration between social scientists and a chemist exploring the promises for new therapy development at the intersection between synthetic biology and nanotechnology. Drawing from ethnographic studies of laboratories and a recorded discussion between the three auth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Matthew Kearnes, Declan Kuch, Angus Johnston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Life Sciences, Society and Policy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40504-018-0084-z