A guide to bioethics

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Series Preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Author -- Section I: Bioethics of Biotechnology -- 1. A Bioethics of Biotechnology -- Introductory comment -- The biotechnology of history -- The nature of science and biotechnology -- What then is the bioethics of biotechnology? -- End notes -- Section II: Bioethics and Genomics -- 2. Biotechnology and Bioethics -- Introductory comment -- Autonomy -- Confidentiality and privacy -- Informed consent -- Genetic stigmatization and essentialism -- End notes -- 3. Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing -- An introductory comment -- DTC genetic tests: Dialectic analysis-implications for personalized medicine -- Preliminary conclusion -- End notes -- Section III: Regulatory Policy, Law and Biotechnology -- 4. The Global Regulatory Pathways of Biologics -- An introductory comment -- The emergence and development of biologics regulatory pathways in the United States -- The emergence of biologics regulatory pathways -- Features of biologics and biotechnology research -- The prospects of biosimilars -- The biotechnology landscape in Canada -- Patent, data, and market exclusivities of biologics -- Bioethics and some regulatory hurdles -- End notes -- 5. Biotechnology in the Court of Law -- Association for molecular pathology versus myriad genetics -- End notes -- Section IV: Gene Modifications and Bioethics -- 6. Bioengineering and the Idea of Precision Medicine -- What is gene editing? -- Characteristics of gene editing tools -- Types of gene modification biotechnologies -- Classifications and applications of gene editing biotechnologies -- Some ethical quagmires of gene modifications -- End notes -- 7. Policy, Bioethics, and Bioengineering -- Precautionary approach -- Moratoria approach