Biobanks : patents or open science? /

Biobanks represent an invaluable research tool and, as a result of their intrinsic and extrinsic nature, may be looked upon as archives or repositories largely made up of libraries, or collections of content where the content is the biological material derived from different individuals or species,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	De Robbio, Antonella
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK ; Philadelphia, PA : Woodhead Pub., 2012.
Series:	Woodhead Publishing series in biomedicine ; no. 13.
Subjects:	Biobanks > Law and legislation. Intellectual property. Biobanks > Management. Homografts. Europe. Procuerment of organs, tissues, etc Tissue Banks > standards Transplantation, Homologous Tissue Preservation > methods Europe United States Intellectual Property Propriété intellectuelle. Biobanques > Gestion. Homogreffes. intellectual property. LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice. Homografts Biobanks > Law and legislation Intellectual property Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover; Biobanks: Patents or open science?; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Abstract; About the author; 1 Introduction; 2 How the term "biobank" came about in scientific literature; 3 Legal matters relating to biobanks: privacy, confidentiality and informed consent; 4 Intellectual and physical property; 5 The intellectual property of biobanks within the sphere of copyright; 6 Biotechnological inventions and research patentability; 7 Open data sharing in biobanks: open science and its impact on society; 8 Biobanks: commons or vault?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.