Title Owning the genome : a moral analysis of DNA patenting / David B. Resnik

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 235 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction and overview -- DNA and biotechnology -- DNA as intellectual property -- Arguments for DNA patenting -- Patenting nature? -- DNA patents and human dignity -- DNA patents and scientific progress -- DNA patents and medicine -- DNA patents and agriculture -- Conclusions and policy recommendations Summary Annotation A clear, introductory overview of the issues surrounding gene patenting Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-230) and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT United States Patent and Trademark Office Subject Patent laws and legislation -- United States Biotechnology industries -- Law and legislation -- United States Recombinant DNA -- Patents -- Moral and ethical aspects Human genome -- Patents -- Moral and ethical aspects Human genome. Genomes. DNA. Agriculture. Commodification. Transgenic organisms. Bioengineering. Biotechnology. Biotechnology -- ethics Patents -- ethics Genome, Human DNA -- economics Genome DNA Patents as Topic -- ethics Agriculture Commodification Ethical Analysis Genetic Research Genetics, Medical -- economics Organisms, Genetically Modified Ownership -- ethics Value of Life Public Policy Biotechnology farming (activity or system) bioengineering. agriculture (discipline) LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice. Transgenic organisms Genomes DNA Commodification Biotechnology Bioengineering Agriculture Biotechnology industries -- Law and legislation Human genome Patent laws and legislation Recombinant DNA SUBJECT United States Subject United States Form Electronic book ISBN 1423739302 9781423739302 0791459314 9780791459317 0791459322 9780791459324 9780791485941 0791485943

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