patenting life
Title: patenting life
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 1097 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
patenting life
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 1097 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
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lines, and even human cell lines.
Contrary to the claims of patent lawyers, patenting retards progress in biomedical research. It introduces
secrecy when what we need is openness. It slows the publication and sharing of important results, because
once a result is reported publicly, it cannot be patented. And so researchers drawn into the web of the
patent process do not report their results, even informally, until they have successfully passed through the
expensive application .