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20% of Human DNA as now been patented under US law.

category international | consumer issues | other press author Friday October 14, 2005 18:46author by human interest - (weekend reading)

As hard as it may be to believe, 20% of the Human Genome has now been declared the intellectual or chemical property of researchers, biotech companies and universities mostly in the USA.

At what stage will you need permission to :-
a) breed.
b) mutate.
c) evolve.

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Related Link: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1013_051013_gene_patent.html

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