Genomic information and the public-private imbalance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3833282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aykut Çoban (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 71-105 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Capital & Class (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8168 • E-ISSN: 2041-0980 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/030981680809400105 |
| OpenAlex | W2037290534 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 33 |
This paper investigates the extent to which public-private relationships produce unbalancing effects in the case of the generation and use of genomic/genetic information. To this end, it focuses on two interconnected issues. The first is the purported importance of genomic information, which is used to justify public spending on its production. The second is the problem of ownership and accessibility. By examining the 'balance' rhetoric together with the information/molecule separation, the patentability of DNA, university-industry-government relations and the role of extended public networks for proprietary genetic products and technologies, it suggests that the supposed balance between private interests and public benefits is in fact an unbalancing act in favour of private interests under the capitalist social formation
Biology · Business · Economics · Gene · Genome · Genomic information · Intellectual property · Law and economics · Microeconomics · Patentability · Political science · Private information retrieval · Public economics · Public policy · Public relations · Rhetoric · Innovation and Knowledge Management · Innovation Policy and RD · Intellectual Property and Patents · Law · Genetics
Public and private in thought and practice
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Is Science a Public Good? Fifth Mullins Lecture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 23 March 1993
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Reinventing the Double Helix
| Highly cited | No |
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