Bioethics and Biosafety detailed syllabus for Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering (BBE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the BBE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit BBE 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-V scheme and its subjects refer to BBE Professional Elective-V syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of bioethics and biosafety is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
LEGAL IMPACTS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY – BIOSAFETY REGULATIONS AND
BIOETHICS 9
National and International Level Biosafety Regulations, Trials On-field, Upscaling of Field Trials, Coordination and Capacity Establishment, Screen-A Newsletter on Biosafety, Hazardous Materials Used in Biotechnology—Handling and Disposal, Good Manufacturing Practices, Good Laboratory Practices, Good Laboratory Practice Principles. Bioethics: Introduction to ethics and bioethics, framework for ethical decision making. Ethical, legal and socioeconomic aspects of gene therapy.
Unit II
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 9
Introduction to IPR, Types of IP – Patents, Trademarks, Copyright & Related Rights, Industrial Design, Traditional Knowledge and Geographical Indications, Filing of a patent application; Precautions before patenting-disclosure/non-disclosure; Procedure for filing a PCT application, Patenting and the Procedures Involved in the Application for Grading of a Patent, Steps to a Patent, Examples of Patents in Biotechnology
Unit III
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Unit IV
STEM CELL RESEARCH 9
Introduction, Applications of Stem Cells, Ethics Involved in Stem-cell Research, Use of Cellcultures as Alternatives to Use of Animals, Replacement, Use of Animals for Research and Testing, Animal Cloning, Ethics and Animal Cloning, Human Cloning, Why Cloning Humans is Ethically Unacceptable?, Controlling Someone Else’s Genetic Makeup, Instrumentality, Infertility-An Exception to Instrumentality.
Unit V
ORGANS TRANSPLANTATION IN HUMAN BEINGS 9
Organs Transplantation in Human Beings, Ethics in Xenotransplantation, Bioethical Issues, Transgenesis, Informed Consent, Allocation of Health Care Resources, Patentability and Xenotransplantation, Organ Culture, Ethical Issues.
Course Outcomes:
The students will be able to
- Recall different rDNA technology of transgenic in animals, humans and plants
- Understand the various biosafety regulations in transgenics
- Illustrate IPR and patent procedures
- Comprehend on various techniques of genome, stem cells and organ research in humans
- Aware of modern rDNA research and its ethical procedures
- Comprehend on recent ethical, legal and social economic impacts of rDNA research in biotechnology and its applications
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Jonathan, Y.R., Anthology of Biosafety (Vols. 1-4), American Biological Safety Association (2005).
- Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal and Policy issues in Biotechnology, John Wiley & Sons Inc. (2005).
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering 6th Sem, visit BBE 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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