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Genes can be patented?	by Peace_Man	2010-01-04 23:35:18
Not exactly	by vectorz	2010-01-04 23:51:29
INAL, but genes per se shouldn't be patentable, as they are a) products of nature and b) discoveries. What seems to be done, is patenting the DNA made from copying such a gene. As this is artificially done, it's a product and can be patented. Sneaky, but apparently legal. So in essence you can't be owned, but a copy of it can be. It's like patenting a picture of you. You don't own you just because you made a picture, but you own the process of making a picture.
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