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Patents on Life: Religious, Moral, and Social Justice Aspects of Biotechnology and Intellectual Property. Edited by Thomas C. Berg, Roman Cholij, and Simon Ravenscroft. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Pp. 313. $110.00 (cloth); $88.00 (digital). ISBN: 9781108659802.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2021

Ira Bedzow
Ira Bedzow*
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Associate Professor of Medicine New York Medical College
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Journal of Law and Religion , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , August 2021 , pp. 433 - 435
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University

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