TY - JOUR AU - Poort, Lonneke AU - Holmberg, Tora AU - Ideland, Malin PY - 2013 DA - 2013/11/11 TI - Bringing in the controversy: re-politicizing the de-politicized strategy of ethics committees JO - Life Sciences, Society and Policy SP - 11 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - Human/animal relations are potentially controversial and biotechnologically produced animals and animal-like creatures – bio-objects such as transgenics, clones, cybrids and other hybrids – have often created lively political debate since they challenge established social and moral norms. Ethical issues regarding the human/animal relations in biotechnological developments have at times been widely debated in many European countries and beyond. However, the general trend is a move away from parliamentary and public debate towards institutionalized ethics and technified expert panels. We explore by using the conceptual lens of bio-objectification what effects such a move can be said to have. SN - 2195-7819 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/2195-7819-9-11 DO - 10.1186/2195-7819-9-11 ID - Poort2013 ER -