Introduction / David Magnus

Patenting of life-forms : from a concept to reality / A.M. Chakrabarty

Patenting organisms : intellectual property law meets biology / Jack Wilson

Ethical issues and application of patent laws in biotechnology / Rochelle K. Seide and Carmella L. Stephens

Patenting human genes : the advent of ethics in the political economy of patent law / Ari Berkowitz and Daniel J. Kevles

Discoveries : are there limits on what may be patented? / Jon F. Merz

How can you patent genes? / Rebecca S. Eisenberg.

Discoveries, inventions, and gene patents / David B. Resnik

Patenting genes and life : improper commodification? / Mark J. Hanson

Falling from grace : science and the pursuit of profit / Robert Lee Hotz

Propriety and property : the tissue market meets the courts / Lori Andrews and Dorothy Nelkin

Property rights and human bodies / Pilar N. Ossorio

Ethical issues in the patenting and control of stem cell research / Glenn McGee and Elizabeth Banger

Intellectual property and agricultural biotechnology : bioprospecting or biopiracy? / David Magnus.

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Genetic engineering > Patents > Moral and ethical aspects.

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