Transforming animal species: the case of 'oncomouse'.
In this paper I deal with ethical implications arising from animal biotechnology. I analyse some general questions surrounding the production of transgenic animals through a specific case study: the oncomouse. In particular, I explore ethical factors involved in the production of oncomice. This is because biologists genetically modify animals' germ cells and refuse to modify human germ cells. I will underline how the international community has thus far justified this 'ethical difference'.
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Higher Institute of Philosophy, University of Leuven, Belgium. maurizio.salvi@cec.eu.int
D017087:Animal Rights; D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D001709:Biotechnology; D004989:Ethics; D005854:Germ Cells; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic / Q000235:genetics*; D010330:Patents as Topic