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Last updated October 31, 2026
Michael Crichton's novel weaves together several storylines about genetic research and the business of biotechnology. Its characters include a man whose cells were patented without his consent, a transgenic ape that can speak and a parrot with a gift for numbers. Companies and lawyers compete to own pieces of the human genome. Crichton uses the thriller form to ask who owns our bodies and genes, and how law and ethics can keep up with science.
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