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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: EB00611761 | Recorded BooksSeries: Blackwell public philosophyPublisher: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2015Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781118948491
  • 1118948491
  • 9781118948484
  • 1118948483
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Who owns you?LOC classification:
  • K1519.B54
NLM classification:
  • QZ 32.4
Online resources:
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
Summary: The 2nd Edition of Who Owns You, David Koepsell's widely acclaimed exploration of the philosophical and legal problems of patenting human genes, is updated to reflect the most recent changes to the cultural and legal climate relating to the practice of gene patenting. Lays bare the theoretical assumptions that underpin the injustice of patents on unmodified genes Makes a unique argument for a commons-by-necessity, explaining how parts of the universe are simply not susceptible to monopoly claims Represents the only work that attempts to first define the nature of the genetic objects involved
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Previous edition has subtitle: the corporate gold-rush to patent your genes

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

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The 2nd Edition of Who Owns You, David Koepsell's widely acclaimed exploration of the philosophical and legal problems of patenting human genes, is updated to reflect the most recent changes to the cultural and legal climate relating to the practice of gene patenting. Lays bare the theoretical assumptions that underpin the injustice of patents on unmodified genes Makes a unique argument for a commons-by-necessity, explaining how parts of the universe are simply not susceptible to monopoly claims Represents the only work that attempts to first define the nature of the genetic objects involved

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