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Biotechnology as religion

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  1. Department of Social Studies of Medicine, Biomedical Ethics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, 3647 Peel Street, Montreal, H3A 1X1, Quebec, Canada

    Leigh Turner

  2. Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science, Princeton, 08540, New Jersey, USA

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Turner, L. Biotechnology as religion. Nat Biotechnol 22, 659–660 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0604-659

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