Genetics · Science, Ethics, and Public Policy (Readings in Bioethics) by Shannon, Thomas A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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READINGS IN BIOETHICS Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 - Biotechnology and the Threat of a Posthuman Future 2 - Crossing Species Boundaries

INTRODUCTION SPECIES IDENTITY WHAT IS HOMO SAPIENS? MORAL UNREST WITH CROSSING SPECIES BOUNDARIES MORAL CONFUSION CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES REFERENCES

NONDIRECTIVENESS A SPECIAL CASE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR NONDIRECTIVENESS GENETIC COUNSELING AND THE MEDICAL MODEL THE GENETIC COUNSELING SESSION SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION THEORY OF DISABILITY THE EDUCATION OF GENETIC COUNSELORS: A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE A CAUTIONARY NOTE NOTES REFERENCES

4 - The Natural Father: Genetic Paternity Testing, Marriage, and Fatherhood

A TYPOLOGY OF CASES THE NATURAL FATHER THE REARING FATHER THE CLAIMS OF BIOLOGY HOW GENETIC TESTING MIGHT BE LIMITED NOTES

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INTRODUCTION THE CASE OF THE AYALA FAMILY MINORS AND LIVING-RELATED DONATION MORAL AND POLITICAL PROPRIETY OF THE BEST INTEREST STANDARD “HAVING A CHILD TO SAVE A CHILD” CASES REVISITED CONCLUSIONS AND CAUTIONS NOTES

7 - Population Screening in the Age of Genomic Medicine

PRINCIPLES OF POPULATION SCREENING NEWBORN SCREENING CARRIER SCREENING OF ADULT POPULATIONS FOR SINGLE-GENE DISORDERS POPULATION SCREENING FOR GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TO COMMON DISEASES ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND SOCIAL ISSUES NOTES

8 - Navigating Race in the Market for Human Gametes

THE RACIAL MARKETING OF HUMAN GAMETES RACE-BASED SOCIAL ONTOLOGY NAVIGATING BETWEEN RACIAL IMPOSITION AND RACIAL SELF-IDENTIFICATION BARRIERS TO RACIAL NAVIGATION IN THE GAMETE MARKET MOTIVATIONS AND CONSEQUENCES COPING WITH RACIAL CATEGORIES NOTES

9 - How Can You Patent Genes?

PATENT ELIGIBILITY MOLECULES VERSUS INFORMATION CLAIMING COMPUTER-READABLE INFORMATION EXPANSIVE TREND OF CASE LAW PTO GUIDELINES TRADITIONAL PATENT BARGAIN BRICKS-AND-MORTAR RULES FOR INFORMATION GOODS NOTES REFERENCES

10 - Monitoring Stem Cell Research

I. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EMBRYO RESEARCH FUNDING DEBATE II. THE PRESENT POLICY III. MORAL FOUNDATION OF THE POLICY IV. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FEDERAL FUNDING V. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRESENT POLICY VI. CONCLUSION NOTES ENDNOTES

11 - Nuclear Transplantation, Embryonic Stem Cells, and the Potential for Cell Therapy

THE STATE OF THE ART OF NUCLEAR CLONING THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF NUCLEAR TRANSPLANTATION LIMITATIONS AND ALTERNATIVES CONCLUSION NOTES

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