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Who owns you? : science, innovation, and the gene patent wars / David Koepsell.

Van Pelt Library K1519.B54 K64 2015
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Koepsell, David R. (David Richard), author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Genetics, Medical--legislation & jurisprudence.
Patents as Topic--legislation & jurisprudence.
Ownership--ethics.
Medical Subjects:
Genetics, Medical--legislation & jurisprudence.
Patents as Topic--legislation & jurisprudence.
Ownership--ethics.
Physical Description:
xliii, 201 pages ; 24 cm
Edition:
Second edition.
Place of Publication:
Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2015.
Contents:
Individual and collective rights in genomic data : preliminary issues
Ethics and ontology : a brief discourse on method
The science : genes
DNA, species, individuals, and persons
Legal dimensions in gene ownership
BRCA 1 and 2 : the myriad case and beyond
Are genes intellectual property?
DNA and the commons
Pragmatic considerations of gene ownership
Nature, genes and the scientific commons : a social ontology of invention
So, who owns you? : some conclusions about genes
Property, and personhood.
Notes:
Previous edition has subtitle: the corporate gold-rush to patent your genes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Koepsell, David R. (David Richard), author. Who owns you?
ISBN:
9781118948507
1118948505
OCLC:
898326270

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