> My only hope, with regard to genetic engineering, is that the people who are actually discovering this stuff are strong enough to prevent large corps from pat

> My only hope, with regard to genetic engineering, is that the people who are actually discovering this stuff are strong enough to prevent large corps from patenting all of the most important intellectual property that will empower future generations. Why? If you ever want this technology to be accessible to the public then someone somewhere is going to have to be making money on it. Drug manufacturing isn't done by colleges or governments.