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Andrew Kimbrell's The Human Body Shop: The Engineering and Marketing of Life explores the ethical and economic implications of biotechnology and the commercialization of human biological materials. The book examines how advancements in genetic engineering, cloning, and organ transplantation have led to the commodification of life, raising concerns about the exploitation of human bodies for profit. Kimbrell discusses controversial practices such as fetal tissue transplants, genetic screening, and the patenting of life forms, arguing that these developments reflect a troubling extension of industrial and market ideologies into the realm of human biology.