Transdisciplinary Interfaces and Innovation in the Life Sciences

Eunsook Hyun is Dean and Professor of Curriculum Studies at the Charter College of Education, California State University, Los Angeles. Rainer Paslack is a Sociologist and Graduate Human Biologist at the Medical School of Hannover. Hilmar Stolte is Univ. Professor em. for Internal Medicine (Nephrology) at the Medical School of Hannover and President IALS-International Academy of Life Sciences.

Contents: Eunsook Hyun: Taking a Transdisciplinary Approach to the Life Sciences - Winston Langley: Transdisciplinarity from a Problem-Based Perspective - Heidrun Sturm: Healthcare Systems Research - Ethics and Reality - Rainer Paslack: To Create and Control Life - A Critical View on Synthetic Biology - Jennifer Radden: Protecting Humans as Consumers and Subjects: Different Ethical Standards in the Conduct of Research in Europe and America - Julian Ziegler: Legal Regulation of Genetic Information in the USA and Germany - Promises kept in Insurance? - Jürgen Simon/Jürgen Robienski: Enhancement in Medicine and Everyday Life: Ethical Aspects and Requirements for Legal Regulation - Dan A. Simovici: Data Mining of Medical Data: Opportunities and Challenges in Mining Association Rules - Robyn Hannigan: Three sectors - Infinite opportunities: Private-Government-Academic Opportunities to Advance the Life Sciences - Robert F. Rich: Privatization of Universities and a New Social Compact: Trends in Funding - Hans Adam/Peter Mayer: Financing Higher Education in Germany - Challenges and Perspectives.