Description
Book SynopsisAddresses the ethical, legal, and social dimensions of emerging technologies and assesses their social and policy implications.
Trade Review"An important contribution for scholars interested in the philosophy of science, science studies, and policy/decision-making processes around new technologies. - Toby A. Ten Eyck, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University"
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Making Sense of Emerging Technologies / EdnaF. Einsiedel
Part 1: Hindsight Learnings
1 GM Foods in Hindsight / WilliamHallman
2 Patentable Subject Matter: Who Owns What Knowledge?/ Chika B. Onwuekwe
3 Patents in the Public Sphere: Public Perceptions andBiotechnology Patents / Edna F. Einsiedel
Part 2: Foresight Applications
(Transgenic) Animal Farm
4 Of Biotechnology and Blind Chickens / Paul B.Thompson
5 Transgenic Salmon: Regulatory Oversight of an AnticipatedTechnology / Emily Marden, Holly Longstaff, and EdLevy
Fields of Pharmas: Plant Molecular Farming
6 The Emerging Technology of Plant Molecular Farming/ Michele Veeman
7 Policy and Regulatory Challenges for Plant-MadePharmaceuticals in the United States / Patrick A.Stewart
8 Forestalling Liabilities? Stakeholder Participation andRegulatory Development / Stuart Smyth
In the Stem Cell Fields
9 When Human Dignity Is Not Enough: Embryonic Stem CellResearch and Human Cloning in Canada / Tania Bubela andTimothy Caulfield
Drugs -- Up Close and Personal: EngagingPharmacogenomics
10 Banking on Trust: Issues of Informed Consent inPharmacogenetic Research / Rose Geransar
11 Pharmacogenomic Promises: Reflections on Semantics,Genohype, and Global Justice / Bryn Williams-Jones and VuralOzdemir
12 Envisioning Race and Medicine: BiDil and the InsufficientMatch between Social Groups and Genotypes / Benjamin R.Bates
Is Small Really Beautiful? Does Size Matter?Nanotechnologies
13 Nanotechnology and Human Imagination / SusannaHornig Priest
14 Nanotechnology: The Policy Challenges / LorraineSheremeta
Part 3: Governance Challenges and EmergingTechnologies
15 Technology, Democracy, and Ethics: Democratic Deficit andthe Ethics of Public Engagement / Michael Burgess and JamesTansey
16 Impact Assessments and Emerging Technologies: FromPrecaution to "Smart Regulation"? / JacopoTorriti
17 Technology Ownership and Governance: An Alternative View ofIPRs / Peter W.B. Phillips
18 Conclusion: Reflections on Emerging Technologies/ Edna F. Einsiedel
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