Biotechnology, Property and The Human Body

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The main objective of this chapter is to describe the development of legal principles which are used to protect property rights in the human body and allow the efficient use of human tissue, organs, DNA, and cell lines in medical research.

Keywords: Biological materials, Henrietta Lacks, Human-tissue-related inventions, John Moore, Ownership of human body, Patent claims on genetic material, Property in dead bodies.

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Biotechnology, Property and The Human Body

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