Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
3 Hour(s) 1 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Victoria Sutton
Rating
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Course Overview
Understand the technology and the law with genetically modified foods, animals and what's next for humans
Have you ever wondered how genetically engineered food is regulated? Did you know you can buy a genetically engineered pet fish that glows at a local pet store, and it is not regulated? Do you know about the genetically engineered mosquitos released into the environment to reduce mosquito-borne diseases? Or the goat that is engineered so that it can make a drug for treatment of a human disease? This course will guide you through the web of laws that regulate genetically engineered plants, foods and animals. Comparisons between countries is discussed. Learn what part of life can be patented, whether you will be allowed to design your baby, or think about whether you want to?
Course Content
- 7 section(s)
- 13 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Regulation of Genetically Modified Plants and Foods
- Section 3 Regulation of Transgenic Animals
- Section 4 Biotechnology and Unique problems in Intellectual Property Law
- Section 5 Biotechnology and Criminal Law
- Section 6 Biotechnology and International Trade
- Section 7 Biotechnology Law and the Future
What You’ll Learn
- Understand how genetically modified organisms and crops are regulated., Recognize how DNA can be lawfully used in criminal law and protect privacy., Have knowledge about what may be in store for the future of biotechnology in designer babies and other possibilities.
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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SSasha Kaskel
The material is interesting but the speaker is difficult to hear.
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NNupur Tripathi
its good course to know about laws and different cases about biotechnology.
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CCatherine M Graham
I really enjoyed this course. I did biotechnology ethics at university in Australia and this was in keeping with those concepts. I really hope to see more courses from Prof Victoria Sutton because all her courses have been so good. These are a great legacy to her works indeed.
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EEllen Joy Aguila
Interesting topic!
