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The ethics of patenting DNA : a discussion paper.

Title
The ethics of patenting DNA : a discussion paper.
Publication
London : Nuffield Council on Bioethics, c2002.

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Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
Description
xii, 94 p.; 30 cm.
Summary
This paper questions whether the application of the patent system to DNA sequences achieves its goals of stimulating innovation for the public good and rewarding people for useful new inventions. Even if DNA sequences are considered eligible for patenting, they must also be novel, inventive, and useful. The application of these criteria has not been stringently applied. In future, patents asserting rights over DNA sequences should become the exception rather than the norm.
Subject
  • Bioethical Issues
  • Biotechnology industries > Patents
  • DNA > Patents
  • Human genetics > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Patent laws and legislation
  • Patents as Topic
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
Genre/Form
Patents
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
1904384021
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library