I find myself strongly opinionated when it comes to the whole gene patent issue. In general, I believe they are a bad idea. Which brings me to a timely discovery...The weekly issue of Nature that I received today, included a CD-ROM from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
The CD-ROM and web site include a discussion paper on the ethics of patenting DNA.
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I find myself strongly opinionated when it comes to the whole gene patent issue. In general, I believe they are a bad idea. Which brings me to a timely discovery...The weekly issue of Nature that I received today, included a CD-ROM from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
The CD-ROM and web site include a discussion paper on the ethics of patenting DNA.Check it out here (summary and download link)
or
here (direct link).
For those interested on in this topic it looks like it could be an interesting read. The Myriad situation appears in a Case Study in the document.