Pharming promises and risks of biopharmaceuticals derived from genetically modified plants and animals /
Recent scientific advances have made it possible to produce biopharmaceuticals in genetically modified plants and animals, such as maize, tobacco, goats, and chickens. This new branch of biotechnology is termed pharming, composed of the terms pharmaceuticals and farming. Pharming constitutes an over...
| Other Authors: | Rehbinder, Eckard., SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
©2008.
New York : [2008] |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xx, 332 pages). |
| Series: |
Wissenschaftsethik und Technikfolgenbeurteilung ;
Bd. 35. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- The technology of pharming
- Risk assessment of plant pharming and animal pharming
- The welfare of pharming animals
- Public views and attitudes to pharming
- The ethical evaluation of pharming
- The role of patents in the development of pharming
- Legal problems of pharming
- Conclusions and recommendations.