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Università degli Studi di Parma Università degli Studi di Parma
Second cycle degree course in
Medical, veterinary anf pharmaceutical biotechnologies
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Medicine and Surgery

ETHICAL AND LEGISLATIVE ASPECTS OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
cod. 1004745

Academic year 2012/13
2° year of course - First semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
Ovidio BUSSOLATI
integrated course unit
4 credits
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Course unit structured in the following modules:

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Learning objectives

The student will acquire the fundamental methodological and cultural
tools to face
ethical and legal issues underlying biotechnological applications and
techniques.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

BIOETHICS
1. Introduction. Ethics - Bioethics - Deontology. Principles and methods.
2 .
Biotechnology and Bioethics. The human genome, cloning, stem cells. 3.
Assisted
fertilization. 4. The human embryo. 5. Grafts from dead donors, from
living donors,
from transgenic organisms. 6. Bioethics and the environment. 7. Ethics in
biomedical research. 8. Ethics and economics in human health. 9. Patent
discipline:
ethical implications.
LEGISLATION
1. Fundamentals: Patents for inventions. 2. Specific topics.
Chemical pharmaceutical
inventions. Biotechnological inventions: Patent protection of
biotechnological inventions; other problems concerning biotechnological
inventions
(MOGM confinement, environmental diffusion of OGM, commercialization
of OGM,
food safety issues, biodiversity issues), legal discipline of novel varieties

Full programme

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Bibliography

The reference material will be provided during lessons

Teaching methods

Interactive oral lessons

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Segreteria studenti

E. [segreteria.medicina@unipr.it]
T. +39 0521 903700

Servizio per la qualità della didattica

Manager della didattica:
Rag. Sabrina Ferrari
T. +39 0521 903109
E. servizio [didattica.dimec @unipr.it]
 

Presidente del corso di studio

Prof, Nicola Giuliani
E. nicola.giuliani@unipr.it

Delegato orientamento in uscita

Prof.ssa Sara Nicoli
E.sara.nicoli@unipr.it

Delegati Erasmus

Prof. Roberto Sala

E. roberto.sala@unipr.it

Referente assicurazione qualità

Prof.ssa Carlotta Compari
E. carlotta.compari@unipr.it

Tirocini formativi

Prof.ssa Laura Giovati

E. laura.giovati@unipr.it