Biotechnology policy across national boundaries [[electronic resource] ] : the science-industrial complex / / Darrell M. West
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| Autore: |
West Darrell M. <1954->
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| Titolo: |
Biotechnology policy across national boundaries [[electronic resource] ] : the science-industrial complex / / Darrell M. West
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 660.6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Biotechnology - Government policy |
| Biotechnology | |
| Globalization | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-185) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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? |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Biotechnology policy across national boundaries |
| ISBN: | 1-281-36611-0 |
| 9786611366117 | |
| 0-230-60568-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910453858403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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