Biomedical subjects

S D Bergel

Publications and source records attributed to S D Bergel.

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[Human rights and genetics: the fundamental principles of the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights].

The Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights sets out generally agreed criteria in response to the human rights challenges posed by advances in molecular biology and genetics. The lynchpin of these criteria is respect for human dignity, a premise from which other principles are derived. The author examines and gives the justification for these principles, and refers to another crucial bioethics text, the recent Council of Europe Convention on the protection of human rights and the dignity of the human person in regard to applications of biology and medicine.

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[The European directive 98/44/CE on legal protection of biotechnologic inventions].

After a lengthy process, a full decade after work first commenced, at last the European Directive on legal protection of biotechnology inventions has been adopted (Directive 98/44/EC, by the European Parliament and Council, 6 July 1998. In this article the author provides an interesting study of the Directive, and discusses how the text arrived at its definitive version by comparing it with previous drafts and proposals put forward since the original one of 21 October 1988.

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[Patenting human genetic material: ethical and legal implications].

If we introduce the subject of patents on human genetic material in a Bioethics Conference we must answer two questions. Firstly, whether the debate can be universalized, bearing in mind the national nature of norms governing intellectual property, and, secondly, whether there are links between patent law and ethics. Using the example of the patenting of biological material, we will see how this impacts on society, which, beyond the technical or legal knowledge required, is voicing its concern on the ethical level.

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[Gene and gene sequence patenting].

According to the author, the patenting of elements isolated or copied from the human body boils down to the issue of genes and gene sequences. He describes the current situation from the comparative law standpoint (U.S. and Spanish law mainly) and then esamines the biotechnology industry's position.

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