| Description |
291 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / David Magnus -- Patenting of life-forms : from a concept to reality / A.M. Chakrabarty -- Patenting organisms : intellectual property law meets biology / Jack Wilson -- Ethical issues and application of patent laws in biotechnology / Rochelle K. Seide and Carmella L. Stephens -- Patenting human genes : the advent of ethics in the political economy of patent law / Ari Berkowitz and Daniel J. Kevles -- Discoveries : are there limits on what may be patented? / Jon F. Merz -- How can you patent genes? / Rebecca S. Eisenberg. |
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Discoveries, inventions, and gene patents / David B. Resnik -- Patenting genes and life : improper commodification? / Mark J. Hanson -- Falling from grace : science and the pursuit of profit / Robert Lee Hotz -- Propriety and property : the tissue market meets the courts / Lori Andrews and Dorothy Nelkin -- Property rights and human bodies / Pilar N. Ossorio -- Ethical issues in the patenting and control of stem cell research / Glenn McGee and Elizabeth Banger -- Intellectual property and agricultural biotechnology : bioprospecting or biopiracy? / David Magnus. |
| Subject |
Genes -- Patents -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Genetic engineering -- Patents -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Genes.
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Bioethical Issues.
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Patents as Topic.
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| Added Author |
Magnus, David, 1961-
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Caplan, Arthur L.
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McGee, Glenn, 1967-
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| ISBN |
1573929867 alkaline paper |
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