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Also any patents expire in 20 years, and most are approaching their EOL.
by dudeinjapan 2y ago
Also any patents expire in 20 years, and most are approaching their EOL.
- makomk 2y agoThe original 20-year-old version of golden rice was unfortunately basically unusable (not enough bioavailable vitamin A even when used as part of a much more balanced diet that was more favorable to vitamin A absorption than that of the people it's actually aimed at and substantial yield reductions). Fixing the yield reductions at least required more modern GM techniques that are likely going to be under patent for a good while.