Who Owns You? The Corporate Gold Rush to Patent Your Genes |
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| Author:
| Koepsell, David |
| Series title: | Blackwell Public Philosophy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4051-8731-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2009 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Limited
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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Surely you own your own genes, don′t you? Think again. Now that the race to map the human genome is over, another competition has ensued. Biotech companies, universities, and research institutions, sensing a biological gold mine, have been engaged in a furious scramble to patent human genes.
Surely you own your own genes, don′t you? Think again. Now that the race to map the human genome is over, another competition has ensued. Biotech companies, universities, and research institutions, sensing a biological gold mine, have been engaged in a furious scramble to patent human genes.