03894nam 22008775 450 991096201390332120240508222647.09786611366117978128136611512813661109780230605688023060568010.1057/9780230605688(CKB)1000000000552776(EBL)496123(OCoLC)647663655(SSID)ssj0000357214(PQKBManifestationID)11286649(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357214(PQKBWorkID)10352513(PQKB)10072784(SSID)ssj0001657147(PQKBManifestationID)16438491(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001657147(PQKBWorkID)14989002(PQKB)11605062(DE-He213)978-0-230-60568-8(MiAaPQ)EBC496123(Au-PeEL)EBL496123(CaPaEBR)ebr10194112(CaONFJC)MIL136611(Perlego)3506645(EXLCZ)99100000000055277620151230d2007 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBiotechnology Policy across National Boundaries The Science-Industrial Complex /by D. West1st ed. 2007.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2007.1 online resource (207 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781349533800 1349533807 9781403972514 1403972516 Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-185) and index.The globalization of innovation -- Science-industry collaboration -- In vitro fertilization and assisted reproductive technology -- Genetically modified food -- Cloning -- Stem cell research -- Chimeras -- Pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology, and health care -- Whose ethical standards?A globalization of innovation has produced the most massive spurt in biotechnology in world history.  Businesses, universities, and non-governmental organizations are collaborating to produce a "science-industrial complex" in biotechnology.  Using case studies of stem cell research, cloning, genetically modified food, in-vitro fertilization, and chimeras in a number of Eastern and Western countries around the world, I argue that much of this biotech activity is global in nature and independent of state control.  This shift in the relative influence of state and non-state actors has led to the virtual deregulation of biotechnology and the liberation of innovation from geo-political constraints.  These trends post a number of interesting social, political, and ethical issues for the contemporary period and suggest the need to rethink how controversial moral issues are handled by the science-industrial complex.International relationsInternational organizationBiotechnologyEconomic developmentInternational RelationsInternational OrganizationBiotechnologyEconomic Development, Innovation and GrowthInternational relations.International organization.Biotechnology.Economic development.International Relations.International Organization.Biotechnology.Economic Development, Innovation and Growth.660.6West Darrell M.1954-1091027MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962013903321Biotechnology Policy across National Boundaries4330209UNINA