From Eugenics to Patents: Genetics, Law, and Human Rights

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 326-333

  Kevles, Daniel J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Civil Liberties Union; BRCA1; BRCA2; Buck v. Bell; Eugenics; Human gene patents; Human genetics; Human genome project; Sterilisation laws

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL GENETICS; PATENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

EUGENICS; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PATENTS AS TOPIC; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE;

EID: 79954485354     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2011.00648.x     Document Type: Review

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