Ethics and Biotechnology

Ethics, Morality and Animal Biotechnology

Ethics and patentability in biotechnology.

The systems of patent rights in force in Europe today, both at the level of national law and on the regional level, contain general clauses prohibiting the patenting of inventions whose publication and exploitation would be contrary to "ordre public" or morality. Recent years have brought frequent discussion about limiting the possibility of patent protection for biotechnological inventions for...

ethics in biotechnology

the most modern techniques in biotechnology owe their existence to the discovery of dna cloning and the genetic manipulation of organisms. however biotechnology is not new science in fact, many applications represent old practices with new methodologies. human have been used organisms for their benefit in many processes for several thousand years. therefore, one way of thinking about biotechnol...

Agricultural Biotechnology, Politics, Ethics, and Policy

T he aim of this chapter is to address the policy, regulatory, and ethical issues surrounding agricultural biotechnology. The chapter provides background on the shaping of policy and on regulatory frameworks within the European Union and the United States, among others, as well as outlining the global framework in which all countries have to operate. In addition it summarizes the United Nations...

The Importance of Ethics in Medical Biotechnology

The rapid progress of modern biotechnology has presented a number of new and unique ethical and social challenges within the context of human medical science. Research in medical biotechnology has led to increased knowledge of disease, acceleration of the treatment process, improved pharmacotherapy for infectious diseases and hope for the struggle against incurable diseases such as ALS, MS and ...