Occasional Paper #1: Ethics and Patenting of Transgenic Organisms

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Background
• Gary E. Varner: Overview: Ethics and Patenting of Transgenic Organisms
• Edwin Hettinger: Owning Varieties of Life: Historical, Conceptual, and Ethical Dimensions
• Paul B. Thompson: Concepts of Property and the Biotechnology Debate
• Martin L. McGregor: Barriers to Patent Protection for Biotechnology and Alternatives for Removing Them
• Judith I. Stallmann: Economic Impacts of Regulations Governing the Development and Dissemination of Agricultural Biotechnologies
• Don E. Albrecht: Public Perceptions of Agricultural Biotechnology: An Overview of Research to Date
• Gary Comstock: What Obligations Have Scientists to Transgenic Animals?
• Martha Crouch: Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture
• List of Participants