Ethics and Biomaterials

Question 1

Potential issues

Answer 1

Cloning
Monetary incentives with stem cells
Animal rights
Informed consent
Industry support for research
Authorship

Question 2

Intellectual property

Answer 2

protection of one’s ideas that have potential for earning profit

Question 3

Copyright

Answer 3

rights to exclusive publications and sale of work. protects against reproduction without permission ~50yrs

Question 4

Patent

Answer 4

is an exclusive right to produce, use and sell a particular creation and to prevent others from reproducing, using or selling a design that one has invented ~20yrs