http://www.thinkgene.com/the-issue-of-gene-patents/ a bio blog about genetics, genomics, and biotechnology Fri, 18 May 2012 00:21:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.thinkgene.com/the-issue-of-gene-patents/comment-page-1/#comment-1133 CJ Canna Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:36:41 +0000 http://www.thinkgene.com/?p=1516#comment-1133 Thousands of genes have been added to the databanks as a result of the decision to allow patenting. Patents were reduced from seventeen years to fifteen, and the last of patents granted on genes we knew nothing about will run out soon placing all of that information in the public domain so that even more research can be done. It was a win-win for the public. For more see: "Genascent: The Human Genome Project in Plain Words." Thousands of genes have been added to the databanks as a result of the decision to allow patenting. Patents were reduced from seventeen years to fifteen, and the last of patents granted on genes we knew nothing about will run out soon placing all of that information in the public domain so that even more research can be done. It was a win-win for the public. For more see: “Genascent: The Human Genome Project in Plain Words.”

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