Reconciling private benefit and public risk in biotechnology: xenotransplantation as a case study in consent.

From: Health Law Journal | Date: January 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

1. Introduction

All major technological advances have the potential to fundamentally change the social, economic, political and legal landscapes of those who adopt the benefits of innovation. While these advances may represent significant changes in knowledge or modes of behaviour, they nonetheless develop gradually. This progressive implementation is the cumulative effect of a multitude of discrete individual decision-making processes. Research is initiated into what appears to be a promising line of inquiry or may be a serendipitous by-product of other projects. Investment ...

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