Biosafety deals with the prevention of large-scale loss of biological integrity focusing both on ecology and human health. It is related to several fields such as ecology, agriculture, medicine, chemistry, and ecobiology. Bioethics is the philosophical study of the ethical controversies brought about by advances in biology and medicine. It is concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the relationships among life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, politics, law, philosophy, and theology. It is concerned with the nature of life and death, the kind of life to be considered worth living, what constitutes murder, how people in very painful circumstances should be treated, what are the responsibilities of one human being to others, and other such living organisms. The book has been divided into 28 chapters. It is an integrated approach to encompassing information on different aspects of bioethics and biosafety and their applications in biotechnology. Simple, clearly understandable illustrations and correct and up-to-date information are the main features of this book. The book is intended not only for undergraduate and postgraduate students of biotechnology, genomics, and related sciences but is also aimed to draw the attention of policymakers and teachers at national and international levels to …

1. Bioethics and Biosafety
Biosafety deals with prevention of large scale loss of biological integrity focusing both on ecology
and human health. It is related to several fields such as ecology, agriculture, medicine, chemistry
and ecobiology. Bioethics is the philosophical study of the ethical controversies brought about by
advances in biology and medicine. It is concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the
relationships among life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, politics, law, philosophy and theology.
It is concerned with the nature of life and death, the kind of life to be considered worth living, what
constitutes murder, how people in very painful circumstances should be treated, what are the
responsibilities of one human being to others, and other such living organisms. The book has been
divided in 28 chapters. It is an integrated approach to encompassing information on different
aspects of bioethics and biosafety and their applications in biotechnology. Simple, clearly
understandable illustrations, correct and up to date information are the main features of this book.
The book is intended not only for undergraduate and postgraduate students of biotechnology,
genomics and related sciences, but is also aimed to draw attention of policy makers and teachers
at national and international levels to ...