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Owning the genome : a moral analysis of DNA patenting / David B. Resnik.
Van Pelt Library KF3133.B56 R47 2004
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LIBRA KF3133.B56 R47 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Resnik, David B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Patent laws and legislation--United States.
- Patent laws and legislation.
- Human genome.
- Recombinant DNA.
- United States.
- Biotechnology industries--Law and legislation--United States.
- Biotechnology industries.
- Biotechnology industries--Law and legislation.
- Recombinant DNA--Patents--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Human genome--Patents--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Biotechnology--ethics.
- Biotechnology--legislation & jurisprudence.
- DNA, Recombinant.
- Genome.
- Medical Subjects:
- Biotechnology--ethics.
- Biotechnology--legislation & jurisprudence.
- DNA, Recombinant.
- Genome.
- Genre:
- Patents.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- DNA patenting has emerged as a hot topic in science policy and bioethics as private companies and government agencies spend billions of dollars on genetic research and development in a race to identify, sequence, and analyze DNA from human, animal, and plant species. David B. Resnik's Owning the Genome explores the ethical, social, philosophical, theological, and policy issues surrounding DNA patenting and develops a comprehensive approach to the topic. Resnik considers arguments for and against DNA patenting and concludes that only a patent on a whole human genome would be inherently immoral, while the morality of other DNA patents depends on their consequences for science, medicine, agriculture, industry, and society. He also stresses the importance of government regulations and policies in order to minimize the harmful effects of patenting while promoting the beneficial ones.
- Contents:
- 2 DNA and Biotechnology 13
- 3 DNA as Intellectual Property 31
- 4 Arguments for DNA Patenting 63
- 5 Patenting Nature? 73
- 6 DNA Patents and Human Dignity 93
- 7 DNA Patents and Scientific Progress 131
- 8 DNA Patents and Medicine 155
- 9 DNA Patents and Agriculture 177
- 10 Conclusions and Policy Recommendations 195.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-230) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0791459314
- 0791459322
- OCLC:
- 54079727
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