Synbio and Human Health

1 Synthetic biology in health and disease.- 2 Synthetic Biology: Solving the Pharmaceutical Indus-try’s Innovation Problems?.- 3 Synthetic biology and global health in the age of intellectual property.- 4 Synthetic biology and IP: how do definitions of "products of nature" affect its implications for health?.- 5 Synthetic biology, protection of human health and freedom of scientific research. From biotech patents to open source models: managing human genetics resources.- 6 Patents and living matter: the construction of a patent system attractive to Biotechnology.- 7 Patents Originating in Human Tissue and Data: questions on benefit creating and benefit sharing, on morality and property.- 8 Patenting Synbio in Anglo-America and Europe: Chaos or Opportunity.- 9 Synthetic Biology: Challenges and Legal Questions.- 10 Exclusions and Exceptions to Patent Eligibility Revisited: Examining the Political Functions of the "Discovery" and "Ordre Public" Clauses in the European Patent Convention with Special Respect to Synthetic Biology.- 11 Patentability, Synthetic Biology and human genome.- 12 Patentability of synthetic biology under the European Patent Convention (EPC).- 13 Synthetic Biology and IP Rights: In Defence of the Patent System.- 14 Stepping Stones: Extending the Open Source Idea to Synthetic Biology.- Index.