"Biohackers" explores fundamental changes occuring in the circulation and ownership of scientific information. Alessandro Delfanti argues that the combination of the ethos of 20th century science, the hacker movement and the free software movement is producing an open science culture which redefines the relationship between researchers, scientific institutions and commercial companies.
"Biohackers" looks at the emergence of the citizen biology community DIYbio, the shift to open access by the American biologist Craig Venter and the rebellion of the Italian virologist Ilaria Capua...