Biological wealth & other essays
By: K.R. Dronamraju ; [foreword by M.S. Swaminathan].
Publisher: World Scientific; World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Published: 2002
Place of publication: River Edge, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Biological diversity.
Other titles: Biological wealth and other essays
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Biological Wealth and Intellectual Property Issues 1; title: Rights Over Biological Wealth 3; title: Biodiversity and Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) 11; title: Patenting in Biotechnology 13; title: Patenting in Agriculture and Medicine 15; title: Should We Take an Interest in Intellectual Property Rights? 18; title: Drug Development and Intellectual Property 21; title: Global Issues in Biotechnology 25; title: Global Economy and Genomics 27; title: Risks Resulting from the Application of; title: Agricultural Biotechnology: What is the True Situation? 30; title: Persistence of GMOs in the Environment 34; title: GMOs: Safety Measures 38; title: E.U.-U.S. Biotechnology Recommendations 42; title: GMOs and Politics 47; title: Culture and Biodiversity 53; title: Culture and Biodiversity 55; title: The Peasant View of the Forest and Its Impact on Biodiversity 59; title: Sacred Groves and Biodiversity 63; title: Issues in DNA Technology 67; title: Who Owns the DNA? 69; title: DNA Research, Gene Therapy and Cloning 74; title: DNA Technology in Forensic Medicine 76; title: Public Perception of Genetic Engineering 83; title: The "Terminator" Gene 89; title: Terminator Technology: A Re-Evaluation 92; title: Ethics 95; title: Ethics and Genetic Engineering 97; title: The Third Culture, Ethics, the Missing Piece in the Puzzle 105; title: Haldane's Dilemma and Its Relevance Today 108; title: Cloning Again! 114; title: Stem Cell Research: Which Way to Go? 116; title: Race and Human Dignity 118; title: Developing Countries 121; title: The Politics of Biotechnology 123; title: The Economics of Biodiversity 126; title: The Role of Science in Developing Countries 146; title: Indian Tradition in Science 149; title: The State of Science in India 152; title: WSJ Critique of Sen's Views Seen as Wrong-Headed 154; title: Infrastructure Versus Technological Development 157; title: Miscellaneous 159; title: Controversial Sterilization of Women from the; title: Developing World 161; title: My Tryst with Chandra 163; title: Understanding Violence 166; title: The Hunger Project 169; title: Further Progress Made for the Hunger Project 172; title: Recipients of the National Medal of Science and; title: Technology Announced 175; title: International Genetics Congress in China 177; title: Why Should We Be Interested in the Census? 180.