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[...] Christopher Hansen, a lawyer for the ACLU, [...] said about 20 percent of human genes are patented. That sounds absurd. Can anyone confirm/deny this?
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[...] Christopher Hansen, a lawyer for the ACLU, [...] said about 20 percent of human genes are patented.
That sounds absurd. Can anyone confirm/deny this?
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- whyenot 17y agoScience 14 October 2005: Vol. 310. no. 5746, pp. 239 - 240 DOI: 10.1126/science.1120014 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Intellectual Property Landscape of the Human Genome Kyle Jensen and Fiona Murray Summary: The impact of gene patents on downstream research and innovation are unknown, in part because of a lack of empirical data on the extent and nature of gene patenting. In this Policy Forum, the authors show that 20% of human gene DNA sequences are patented and that some genes are patented as many as 20 times. Unsurprisingly, genes associated with health and disease are more patented than the genome at large. The intellectual property rights for some genes can become highly fragmented between many owners, which suggests that downstream innovators may face considerable costs to gain access to gene-oriented technologies.