Perspectives on Genetic Patenting: Religion, Science, and Industry in Dialogue
Editorial Reviews
Book Description
Perspectives on Gene Patenting: Religion, Science, and Industry in Dialogue is the outgrowth of an unusual multi-sector dialogue between members of the religious, scientific, business, and legal communities on the appropriateness and implications of patenting human genes. The volume focuses on 6 key topics:
1.) Should products of nature be patentable?
2.) Are genes or gene fragments discoveries or inventions?
3.) Should patenting of genes, cell lines, or genetically modified organisms be equated with ownership of them?
4.) Does patenting promote scientific research and contribute to human welfare?
5.) Is the DNA in genes just a complex molecule or is it sacred?
6.) Does patenting human DNA and tissue demean human life and human dignity?
In addressing these issues, Perspectives on Gene Patenting reflects the differing viewpoints of the participants in the dialogue group, as well as their search for mutual understanding and common ground.
About the Author
Edited volume by Audrey R. Chapman, Program Director of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Perspectives on Genetic Patenting: Religion, Science, and Industry in Dialogue,Audrey R. Chapman,American Association for the Advancement of Science,0871686287
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