The Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation (iSEI) is a research institute founded at the

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in 2007 with a mission to examine the role and moral responsibilities of science, technology and innovation in the contemporary world. Chaired by the Nobel laureate John Sulston (formerly the founding director of the

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) and directed by the bioethicist John Harris, iSEI performs multi-disciplinary research across four broad areas: What is Science For? Who Owns Science? How Should Science be Used? and the Ethics of Emerging Technologies. Funded by a

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Biomedical Ethics Strategic Award, iSEI has embarked on a 5-year research programme on ‘The Human Body: Its Scope, Limits and Future’, starting in 2009. This work will follow five strands within iSEI's existing research portfolio: • Human Biomaterials • Genethics • Reproduction • Enhancement • Methods in Bioethics

Publications

The Manchester Manifesto

In 2009, the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation published the Manchester Manifesto, the signatories of which include Nobel laureates

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(also director of Brooks World Poverty Institute), John Sulston. The manifesto raised questions about the ownership of science and the rationale for strict intellectual property rights and was widely reported in the British media, with articles in the

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accompanied by interviews of the Nobel duo in the BBC's

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programme. The

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welcomed aspects of the manifesto, but criticised the authors views as being "ill-informed and misleading", leading the authors to respond "it was not the purpose of the Manchester Manifesto to abolish intellectual property, nor yet its governance by laws; but to bring these far more into line with the public interest."

References

External links

Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation

University of Manchester
{{DEFAULTSORT:Institute For Science, Ethics And Innovation Departments of the University of Manchester Ethics organizations