Our fates lie in our genes and not in the stars, said James Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA. But Watson could not have predicted the scale of the industry now dedicated to this new frontier. Since the launch of the multibillion-dollar Human Genome Project, the bios…
Reveals the industry scale of genetic research and the promise of the biosciences, addressing such topics as the rivalries between public and private sequencers, the rise of stem-cell research, and the current failures of bioethics.
Global food security: ethical and legal challenges : EurSafe 2010, Bilb…
by Escajedo San Epifanio, Leire, Romeo Casabona, Carlos María, Emaldi Cirión, Aitziber, European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics., Bilbao), Cátedra Interuniversitaria Fundación BBVA-Diputación Foral de Bizkaia de Derecho y Genoma Humano, EurSafe, Inter-University Chair of the BBVA Foundation - Provincial Government of Biscay in Law and the Human Genome
Contemporary Debates in Bioethics features a timely collection of highly readable, debate-style arguments contributed by many of today & rsquo;s top bioethics scholars, focusing on core bioethical concerns of the twenty-first century. Written in an engaging, debate-style format …
"Synthetic biology, which aims to design and build organisms that serve human needs, has potential applications that range from producing biofuels to programming human behavior. The emergence of this new form of biotechnology, however, raises a variety of ethical questions--firs…
Om den moderne forsknings arbejde med gensplejsning og kloning, med fåret Dolly som eksempel
Explores fundamental changes occurring in the circulation and ownership of scientific information
Food Ethics: The Basics is a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the ethical dimensions of the production and consumption of food. It offers an impartial exploration of the most prominent ethical questions relating to food and agriculture including: ' Should we eat animals…
