Biotechnology
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Biotechnology |
| The Twin Paradox. Bailey examines why the impulse to ban cloning is so strong. Published in Reason Online 1998. By Ronald Bailey. |
| Encouraging Genetic Choice in Humans. The author argues that genetic choice in humans may not only not be bad, it's inevitable. Publishd in WIRED 1998. By Oliver Morton. |
| Genetic Encores: The Ethics of Human Cloning. A report from the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at the Maryland School of Public Affairs. By Robert Wachbroit. | DNA is Different. This article examines the current state of the patent law concept of "obviousness" as applied to DNA-based biotechnologies. In particular, it analyses the ability of current "obviousness" law to promote efficiency (societal wealth maximization) in the prosecution of biotechnology patents. Published in Harvard Journal of Law and Technology 1996. By Anita Varma and David Abraham. |
| Copyrighting the Book of Life. Howe investigates the emerging marketplace of gene ownership. Published in FEED 2000. By Jeff Howe. |
| The New Brain: My Favorite Lobe. Eight of the world's experts take you on a tour of the brain's most fascinating regions. Published in FEED 2000. |
| Some Speculation on the Future of Body and Soul. The battle between the cyberneticists and the geneticists for a new and improved version of homo sapiens has just begun. Will the quest for self-improvement lead to enlightenment -a world with less suffering, hunger, disease, violence, and greed? Or, will we be the makers of our own extinction, devouring everything we encounter and utterly devoid of the qualities that make us human? Published in M/C 1999. By Jacki Apple |
| A Tale of Two Botanies. The authors examine a new type of botany which aims to align the development of plants not with their evolutionary success, but with their economic success. This is the uncut version of an op-ed piece that first appeared in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. By Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins. |
| Implications of Recent Patent Law Changes on Biotechnology Research and the Biotechnology Industry. Published in the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology 1997. By Jaqueline D. Wright. |
| Human Genome Project Information. Information on mapping the human genome. |
| The University of Pennsylvania Medical School Cloning Site. Links and articles on the scientific and ethical aspects of cloning. |
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