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Who owns you? : the corporate gold-rush to patent your genes / David Koepsell.

Author/creator Koepsell, David R. (David Richard)
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoChichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Description187 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Genes--Patents.
Human genetics--Law and legislation.
Intellectual property--Moral and ethical aspects.
Personality (Law)
Series Blackwell public philosophy
Blackwell public philosophy. ^A716782
Contents 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.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 2008041638
ISBN9781405187312 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN140518731X (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9781405187305 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1405187301 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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