Koepsell, David R.

Who owns you? : the corporate gold-rush to patent your genes / David Koepsell. - Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. - 187 p.; NFIC

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Individual and collective rights in genomic data preliminary issues -- Ethics and ontology : a brief discourse on method -- The science genes and phenotypes -- DNA, species, individuals, and persons -- Legal dimensions in gene ownership -- Are genes intellectual property? -- DNA and the commons -- Pragmatic considerations of gene ownership -- So, who owns you? : some conclusions about genes, property, and personhood.

9781405187312 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781405187305 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2008041638


Genes--Patents.
Human genetics--Law and legislation.
Intellectual property--Moral and ethical aspects.
Personality (Law)

K1519.B54 / K64 2009

346.04/86

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