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Updated: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 2:04pm

Greed has perverted true meaning of 'patent'

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HAUS ARREST
Published Thursday, December 7, 2006
Last fall, the journal Science reported that one-fifth of known human genes have been patented, some as many as 20 times. This surprising result highlights the fact that in America, private entities can now assert ownership over natural phenomena. Even our own genetic constitution is up for grabs.
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