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020 _a9781107011915
020 _a9781107011915
082 0 0 _aKN114.1 .G46 2016
_b2
100 1 _aGhosh, Shubha.
245 1 0 _aIdentity, invention, and the culture of personalized medicine patenting /
_cShubha Ghosh
264 1 _aNew York
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2012
300 _axiii, 216 pages :
_billustrations ;
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: 1. Persons and patents; 2. Start-ups, up-starts, and markets for personalized medicine; 3. The case of race-specific patents; 4. Normative construction of identity; 5. Persons, patents, and policy; 6. A business, a litigant, a metaphor: the future of personalized medicine patents
520 _a"What are the normative implications of patenting in the area of personalized medicine? As patents on genes and medical diagnoses have increased over the past decade, this question lies at the intersection of intellectual property theory, identity politics, biomedical ethics and constitutional law. These patents are part of the personalized medicine industry, which develops medical treatments tailored to individuals based on race and other characteristics. This book provides an overview of developments in personalized medicine patenting and suggests policies to best regulate such patents"--
650 0 _aLAW
650 0 _aBiotechnology
650 0 _aBiotechnology
650 0 _aLAW
650 0 _aLAW
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