Ebook: Animal Biotechnology and Ethics

Advanced biomedical techniques such as genetic engineering are now used extensively in animal related research and development. As the pace of development has quickened, there has been growing public anxiety about the ethical issues involved. Animal Biotechnology and Ethics draws together in one book some of the leading themes and issues which have emerged in the recent debates surrounding biotechnology as applied to animals. With contributions from authors of many different viewpoints, the subject is given a thorough and balanced treatment.
Among those to whom the book will be of particular interest are practitioners of animal biotechnology, and those whose interest lies in assessing its credentials, such as philosophers and social or political scientists. It also has a great deal to interest policy-makers and pressure groups, as well as more general readers. The strong chapters on the legal and regulatory framework will make it useful to those involved in advising on company policy, patenting or litigation.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Methods for genetic modification in farm animals and humans: present procedures and future opportunities....Pages 13-26
Animal biotechnology in medicine....Pages 27-49
Biotechnology in animal agriculture....Pages 50-68
The effects of biotechnology on animal welfare....Pages 69-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Why biotechnology?....Pages 85-91
Campaigning against transgenic technology....Pages 92-102
Consensus conferences and technological animals....Pages 103-113
The inevitability of animal biotechnology? Ethics and the scientific attitude....Pages 114-132
Needs, fears and fantasies....Pages 133-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Intervention, humility and animal integrity....Pages 145-155
On telos and genetic engineering....Pages 156-171
Intrinsic value and transgenic animals....Pages 172-189
Organs for transplant: animals, moral standing, and one view of the ethics of xenotransplantation....Pages 190-208
Making up animals: the view from science fiction....Pages 209-224
Species are dead. Long live genes!....Pages 225-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Biotechnology policy: four ethical problems and three political solutions....Pages 243-264
Advisory considerations on the scientific basis of the food safety evaluation of transgenic animals Daniel....Pages 265-275
Legislation and regulation: a view from the UK....Pages 276-287
Animal patenting: European law and the ethical implications....Pages 288-302
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Controls on the care and use of experimental animals....Pages 303-321
Front Matter....Pages 323-323
Ethics, society and policy: a way forward....Pages 325-339
Back Matter....Pages 341-351

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Methods for genetic modification in farm animals and humans: present procedures and future opportunities....Pages 13-26
Animal biotechnology in medicine....Pages 27-49
Biotechnology in animal agriculture....Pages 50-68
The effects of biotechnology on animal welfare....Pages 69-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Why biotechnology?....Pages 85-91
Campaigning against transgenic technology....Pages 92-102
Consensus conferences and technological animals....Pages 103-113
The inevitability of animal biotechnology? Ethics and the scientific attitude....Pages 114-132
Needs, fears and fantasies....Pages 133-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Intervention, humility and animal integrity....Pages 145-155
On telos and genetic engineering....Pages 156-171
Intrinsic value and transgenic animals....Pages 172-189
Organs for transplant: animals, moral standing, and one view of the ethics of xenotransplantation....Pages 190-208
Making up animals: the view from science fiction....Pages 209-224
Species are dead. Long live genes!....Pages 225-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Biotechnology policy: four ethical problems and three political solutions....Pages 243-264
Advisory considerations on the scientific basis of the food safety evaluation of transgenic animals Daniel....Pages 265-275
Legislation and regulation: a view from the UK....Pages 276-287
Animal patenting: European law and the ethical implications....Pages 288-302
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Controls on the care and use of experimental animals....Pages 303-321
Front Matter....Pages 323-323
Ethics, society and policy: a way forward....Pages 325-339
Back Matter....Pages 341-351
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