Addresses the ethical, legal, and social dimensions of emerging technologies and assesses their social and policy implications.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Making Sense of Emerging Technologies / EdnaF. Einsiedel
Part 1: Hindsight Learnings
1 GM Foods in Hindsight / WilliamHallman
2 Patentable Subject Matter: Who Owns What Knowledge? / Chika B. Onwuekwe
3 Patents in the Public Sphere: Public Perceptions andBiotechnology Patents / Edna F. Einsiedel
Part 2: Foresight Applications
(Transgenic) Animal Farm
4 Of Biotechnology and Blind Chickens / Paul B. Thompson
5 Transgenic Salmon: Regulatory Oversight of an AnticipatedTechnology / Emily Marden, Holly Longstaff, and EdLevy
Fields of Pharmas: Plant Molecular Farming
6 The Emerging Technology of Plant Molecular Farming/ Michele Veeman
7 Policy and Regulatory Challenges for Plant-MadePharmaceuticals in the United States / Patrick A. Stewart
8 Forestalling Liabilities? Stakeholder Participation andRegulatory Development / Stuart Smyth
In the Stem Cell Fields
9 When Human Dignity Is Not Enough: Embryonic Stem CellResearch and Human Cloning in Canada / Tania Bubela andTimothy Caulfield
Drugs -- Up Close and Personal: EngagingPharmacogenomics
10 Banking on Trust: Issues of Informed Consent inPharmacogenetic Research / Rose Geransar
11 Pharmacogenomic Promises: Reflections on Semantics, Genohype, and Global Justice / Bryn Williams-Jones and VuralOzdemir
12 Envisioning Race and Medicine: BiDil and the InsufficientMatch between Social Groups and Genotypes / Benjamin R. Bates
Is Small Really Beautiful? Does Size Matter? Nanotechnologies
13 Nanotechnology and Human Imagination / SusannaHornig Priest
14 Nanotechnology: The Policy Challenges / LorraineSheremeta
Part 3: Governance Challenges and EmergingTechnologies
15 Technology, Democracy, and Ethics: Democratic Deficit andthe Ethics of Public Engagement / Michael Burgess and JamesTansey
16 Impact Assessments and Emerging Technologies: FromPrecaution to " Smart Regulation" ? / JacopoTorriti
17 Technology Ownership and Governance: An Alternative View ofIPRs / Peter W. B. Phillips
18 Conclusion: Reflections on Emerging Technologies/ Edna F. Einsiedel
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