Instructor
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Dr. Asif Nadeem
PhD
UVAS, Lahore-Pakistan
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Course Objectives:
To acquaint students with principles of biosafety and ethical perspectives pertaining to biotechnology
Course Contents:
Introduction to ethics and bioethics; Current issues in environmental ethics; The ethics of animal research; code of ethics for biologist; Ethics and genetic modification; Biotechnology and risk factors; Applications of biotechnology, ethical issues related to GMOs; Ethics and animal biotechnology; Thoughts on eugenics; Use of Human Genetic Information, Burden of genetic information, Genetic piracy; Ethics of human cloning, Therapeutic cloning; Stem cell debate; Genetic counselling; Introduction to Biosafety - definition, concept, uses and abuses of genetic information, and biohazards; good laboratory practices; Biosafety, Biosecurity, Bioweapons, Biohazard; Lab safety protocols, Sterlization and disinfection, Lab biosaftey level criteria; Safety for support staff, Immunization of staff; WHO biosafety collaborating centers; Biosecurity and bioterrorism, Pakistan biosecurity system; Risk assessment; Occupational Health and Immunoprophylaxis; Biosecurity education for the next generation of life scientists
Recommended Books:
1. Altman A and Hasegawa PM, 2012. Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture:
Prospects for the 21st Century. 1
st Edition; Academic Press.
2. Laboratory Biosafety Manual, WHO, 2006. 3rd Edition; AITBS Publishers and
Distributors, India. (Available online free of cost).
3. Furr AK, 2000. CRC Handbook of Laboratory Safety. 5th Edition; CRC Press. 4. Jose Maria A, 2003. Genes Technology and Policy. Available online at;
http://www.apdip.net/publications/iespprimers/eprimer-genes.pdf
5. Krishna VS, 2007. Bioethics and Biosafety in Biotechnology. New Age
International Publishers.
6. National Biosafety Guidelines, 2005. Pakistan Environmental protection
Agency (Available online)
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