How the role of computing is driving new genetics' public policy

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-53

  Marturano, Antonio ^a   Chadwick, Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Copyrights; Databases; Human genome project; Information; Open source; Patenting; Public good; Shotgun method; Specificity

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGY; COPYRIGHTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PUBLIC POLICY;

HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; INFORMATION; OPEN SOURCES; PATENTING; PUBLIC GOODS; SHOTGUN METHOD; SPECIFICITY;

CHROMOSOMES;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECODE GENETICS; ETHICS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; ICELAND; INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATENT; POPULATION GENETICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECODE GENETICS; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMANS; ICELAND; INDUSTRY; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATENTS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33749039955     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ETIN.0000036158.29573.b6     Document Type: Article

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