Who owns life? / edited by David Magnus, Arthur Caplan, Glenn McGee.

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, [2002], ©2002.

291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.