Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Knowledge commons and the road to medical commons
  • The knowledge commons framework
  • Leviathan in the commons : biomedical data and the state
  • Centralization, fragmentation, and replication in the genomic data commons
  • Genomic data commons
  • Population biobanks' governance: a case study of knowledge commons
  • The sentinel initiative as a knowledge commons
  • Cancer : from a kingdom to a commons
  • The greatest generational impact : the open neuroscience movement as an emerging knowledge commons
  • Better to give than to receive : an uncommon commons in synthetic-biology
  • Governance of biomedical research commons to advance clinical translation : lessons from the mouse model community
  • Constructing interdisciplinary collaboration : the oncofertility consortium as an emerging knowledge commons
  • The application of user innovation and knowledge commons governance to mental health
  • Challenges and opportunities in developing and sharing solutions by patients and caregivers : the story of a knowledge commons for the patient innovation project
  • Chronic disease, new thinking and outlaw innovation : patients on the edge in the knowledge commons
  • The North American Mitochondrial Disease Consortium : a developing knowledge commons
  • The Consortium of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Researchers (CEGIR) : an emerging knowledge commons
  • Conclusion : governing knowledge commons : an appraisal.