%0 Journal Article %T BIOTECNOLOG¨ªA GEN¨¦TICA E INSTRUMENTALIZACI¨®N DE LA CORPOREIDAD EN LA VISI¨®N POSTMODERNA DE LA MEDICINA %A Casas-Mart¨ªnez %A Mar¨ªa de la Luz %J Persona y Bio¨¦tica %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X since the eighteen century, a new dualist trend has emerged in the health sciences towards a more mathematical vision of reality. the model is not new at all. what is new is the real possibility of applying it to human beings through biotechnology. a mathematical and molecular view of the human body makes it possible to create ideal models that can enable real action and changes; that is, truly new modifications to human corporeality. the will of the physician as a creator, not just as a palliative agent in the face of destiny, is a very difficult temptation to overcome in representing the limits of knowledge. %K biotechnology %K genetic %K medical ethics %K philosophy %K science. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0123-31222011000200002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en