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Andrew W. Torrance
Researcher at University of Kansas
Publications - 65
Citations - 393
Andrew W. Torrance is an academic researcher from University of Kansas. The author has contributed to research in topics: Intellectual property & Open innovation. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 53 publications receiving 356 citations. Previous affiliations of Andrew W. Torrance include University of California, Irvine & Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Bringing Standards to Life: Synthetic Biology Standards and Intellectual Property
Andrew W. Torrance,Linda J. Kahl +1 more
TL;DR: A number of standards have been proposed in the field of synthetic biology, including those relevant to structure, function, description, measurement, data, information exchange, software, biosafety and biosecurity as mentioned in this paper.
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Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in the Earth BioGenome Project
Jacob S. Sherkow,Katharine Barker,Irus Braverman,Bob Cook-Deegan,Richard Durbin,Carla Easter,Melissa M. Goldstein,Maui Hudson,W. John Kress,Harris A. Lewin,Debra J. H. Mathews,Catherine McCarthy,Ann McCartney,Manuela da Silva,Andrew W. Torrance,Henry T. Greely +15 more
TL;DR: The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) as discussed by the authors is an audacious endeavor to obtain whole genome sequences of representatives from all eukaryotic species on earth, and it also faces complicated ethical, legal, and social issues.
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The Right to Innovate
TL;DR: In this article, a review of fundamental rights guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution and elsewhere is presented, showing that individuals in the United States participating in the innovation wetlands possess strong legal protections with respect to both their freedom to innovate and their right to diffuse information about their innovations to others.
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Intellectual Property as the Third Dimension of GMO Regulation
TL;DR: The patent monopolies over new and useful GM crops are the obverse of concerns about human health and environmental safety as discussed by the authors, where the latter rationales counsel against the easy and widespread adoption of GM crops.
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Intellectual Property Issues and Synthetic Biology Standards
TL;DR: The authors draw attention to the growing number of intellectual property issues that may affect technical standards for biomedical research and urge the biomedical research community to give due consideration to policies concerning the use and exploitation of patents prior to the development of key interoperability standards.