The international group ActionAid’s 2002 research revealed that six agrochemical companies hold over 900 patents on varieties of the world’s five major staple food crops.1 The year before, the U.S. Patent Office awarded 20,000 gene patents and another 25,000 were pending.2...
www.actionbioscience.org/genomic/crg.html
Greenpeace Report: The True Costs of Gene Patents ... Law.com - Why we hate gene patents ... Melbourne University Law Revue: On the Legality of Gene Patents...
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“The pros and cons of patenting genes have been an ongoing, and often acrimonious series of debates, since the in re Chakrabarty decision in 1980. ... What we have here is one group, the ACLU and its allies, contending that gene patents stifle life science research and potentially harm the health of thousands of patients.
www.biofortified.org/2009/05/aclu-and-gene-patents/ www.biofortified.org/2009/05/aclu-and-gene-patents/
Some critics have a basic hostility to gene patents as research tools, contending that they impede research, Bendekgey observed. But these inventions provide incentives for further inventions, he asserted.
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I have found this below interesting essay about gene patenting wrote by an anonymous author in the internet. 1; I. Patents for Biotechnology; (Pros and cons of genetic patents); Biotechnology is closely related to drug industries. ... The author clearly states both the pros and cons of patent protection for biotechnology.
clinicalgenetics.blogspot.com/2008/03/gene-patenting-pr... clinicalgenetics.blogspot.com/2008/03/gene-patenting-pros-and-cons.html
Formal groups including eminent scientists of many nationalities, politicians, and industrialists, have come to the conclusion that patents should not be granted on gene sequence data alone, but should be allowed for inventions based on the function of specific genes, and also on described understanding of how to modify...
www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/MillHillEssays/1995/genepat.htm www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/MillHillEssays/1995/genepat.htm
• "Gene patenting is like someone owning the alphabet and charging you each time you speak."  In reality, since gene patents are all limited to isolated and purified DNA, ... "Why" is an interesting question. In order to engage in informed debate on this topic, it is necessary to consider both the pros and the cons.
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What is gene testing? How does it work? What are some of the pros and cons of gene testing? For what diseases are gene tests available? A brief overview of gene testing and a guide to further resources. ... What are some of the pros and cons of gene testing?
www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/medicine/ge... www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/medicine/genetest.shtml
What is gene therapy? ... ; How does gene therapy work? ... ; What is the current status of gene therapy research?
www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/medicine/ge... www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/medicine/genetherapy.shtml
All have pros and cons. Viruses may trigger an immune reaction rendering the newly inserted genetic material ineffective and some (e.g., retroviruses) are relatively poor at invading non-dividing cells. Physical methods tend to be short-lived, with gene expression only lasting a matter of days or weeks.
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