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Ethics and patenting of transgenic organisms /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: National Agricultural Biotechnology Council (U.S.), Texas A & M University. Center for Biotechnology Policy and Ethics
Other Authors: MacDonald, June Fessenden
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY : National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, 1992.
Series:Occasional papers (National Agricultural Biotechnology Council (U.S.)) ; no. 1.
Subjects:
Animals, Genetically Modified > Congresses.
Bioethics > Congresses.
Biotechnology > Congresses.
Patents > Congresses.
Table of Contents:
  • Overview: ethics and patenting of transgenic organisms / Gary E. Varner
  • Owning varieties of life / Edwin Hettinger
  • Concepts of property and the biotechnology debate / Paul B. Thompson
  • Barriers to patent protection for biotechnology and alternatives for removing them / Martin L. McGregor
  • Economic impacts of regulations governing the development and dissemination of agricultural biotechnologies / Judith I. Stallmann
  • Public perceptions of agricultural biotechnology: an overview of research to date / Don E. Albrecht
  • What obligations have scientists to transgenic animals? / Gary Comstock
  • Biotechnology and sustainable agriculture / Martha Crouch.