David B. Resnik is Professor of Medical Humanities at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. He is the author of The Ethics of Science: An Introduction and the coauthor (with Holly B. Steinkraus and Pamela J. Langer) of Human Germline Gene Therapy: Scientific, Moral, and Political Issues and (with Adil E. Shamoo) Responsible Conduct of Research.

• Acknowledgments Legal Disclaimers Disclosure Statement 1. Introduction and Overview 2. DNA and Biotechnology 3. DNA as Intellectual Property 4. Arguments for DNA Patenting 5. Patenting Nature? 6. DNA Patents and Human Dignity 7. DNA Patents and Scientific Progress 8. DNA Patents and Medicine 9. DNA Patents and Agriculture10. Conclusions and Policy Recommendations Notes References Index

David B. Resnik is Professor of Medical Humanities at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. He is the author of The Ethics of Science: An Introduction and the coauthor (with Holly B. Steinkraus and Pamela J. Langer) of Human Germline Gene Therapy: Scientific, Moral, and Political Issues and (with Adil E. Shamoo) Responsible Conduct of Research.

• Acknowledgments Legal Disclaimers Disclosure Statement 1. Introduction and Overview 2. DNA and Biotechnology 3. DNA as Intellectual Property 4. Arguments for DNA Patenting 5. Patenting Nature? 6. DNA Patents and Human Dignity 7. DNA Patents and Scientific Progress 8. DNA Patents and Medicine 9. DNA Patents and Agriculture10. Conclusions and Policy Recommendations Notes References Index

David B. Resnik is Professor of Medical Humanities at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. He is the author of The Ethics of Science: An Introduction and the coauthor (with Holly B. Steinkraus and Pamela J. Langer) of Human Germline Gene Therapy: Scientific, Moral, and Political Issues and (with Adil E. Shamoo) Responsible Conduct of Research.

• Acknowledgments Legal Disclaimers Disclosure Statement 1. Introduction and Overview 2. DNA and Biotechnology 3. DNA as Intellectual Property 4. Arguments for DNA Patenting 5. Patenting Nature? 6. DNA Patents and Human Dignity 7. DNA Patents and Scientific Progress 8. DNA Patents and Medicine 9. DNA Patents and Agriculture10. Conclusions and Policy Recommendations Notes References Index