Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Reversal of Government Policy on Gene Patents -- A Whiff of Sanity?

The Department of Justice has declared that human and other genes should not be eligible for patent protection because they are products of nature. This is a reversal of decades of government policy and what I have been saying for years. Maybe now we will be able to break the stranglehold the University of Wisconsin has on gene research.

The Justice department said: "We acknowledge that this conclusion is contrary to the long-standing practice...."

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