{"product_id":"emerging-technologies-from-hindsight-to-foresight-paperback-softback-9780774815499","title":"Emerging Technologies; From Hindsight to Foresight (Paperback \/ softback) 9780774815499","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEmerging Technologies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom Hindsight to Foresight\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdna Einsiedel (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774815499\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages, 5 charts and 11 tables.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow should we think about these radical technologies? Too often our social reactions to new technologies occur only in hindsight, after a technology has penetrated the marketplace. However, recent experience teaches that much may be gained by practising forethought and foresight. \u003cem\u003eEmerging Technologies\u003c\/em\u003e addresses the ethical, legal, and social dimensions of emerging technologies and assesses their social and policy implications. Contributors examine the development, impact, and governance of new technologies emerging from a variety of fields, including biotechnology, genetics, stem cell research, pharmacology, and nanotechnology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Making Sense of Emerging Technologies \/ \u003cem\u003eEdna F. Einsiedel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Hindsight Learnings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 GM Foods in Hindsight \/ \u003cem\u003eWilliam Hallman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Patentable Subject Matter: Who Owns What Knowledge? \/ \u003cem\u003eChika B. Onwuekwe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Patents in the Public Sphere: Public Perceptions and Biotechnology Patents \/ \u003cem\u003eEdna F. Einsiedel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Foresight Applications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Transgenic) Animal Farm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Of Biotechnology and Blind Chickens \/ \u003cem\u003ePaul B. Thompson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Transgenic Salmon: Regulatory Oversight of an Anticipated Technology \/ \u003cem\u003eEmily Marden, Holly Longstaff, and Ed Levy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFields of Pharmas: Plant Molecular Farming\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 The Emerging Technology of Plant Molecular Farming \/ \u003cem\u003eMichele Veeman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 Policy and Regulatory Challenges for Plant-Made Pharmaceuticals in the United States \/ \u003cem\u003ePatrick A. Stewart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 Forestalling Liabilities? Stakeholder Participation and Regulatory Development \/ \u003cem\u003eStuart Smyth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the Stem Cell Fields\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 When Human Dignity Is Not Enough: Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning in Canada \/ \u003cem\u003eTania Bubela and Timothy Caulfield\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrugs – Up Close and Personal: Engaging Pharmacogenomics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 Banking on Trust: Issues of Informed Consent in Pharmacogenetic Research \/ \u003cem\u003eRose Geransar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11 Pharmacogenomic Promises: Reflections on Semantics, Genohype, and Global Justice \/\u003cem\u003e Bryn Williams-Jones and Vural Ozdemir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 Envisioning Race and Medicine: BiDil and the Insufficient Match between Social Groups and Genotypes \/ \u003cem\u003eBenjamin R. Bates\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs Small Really Beautiful? Does Size Matter? Nanotechnologies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13 Nanotechnology and Human Imagination \/\u003cem\u003e Susanna Hornig Priest\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14 Nanotechnology: The Policy Challenges \/ \u003cem\u003eLorraine Sheremeta\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Governance Challenges and Emerging Technologies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15 Technology, Democracy, and Ethics: Democratic Deficit and the Ethics of Public Engagement \/ \u003cem\u003eMichael Burgess and James Tansey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16 Impact Assessments and Emerging Technologies: From Precaution to \"Smart Regulation\"? \/ \u003cem\u003eJacopo Torriti\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17 Technology Ownership and Governance: An Alternative View of IPRs \/ \u003cem\u003ePeter W.B. 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