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``The race for commercial control over the essence of life is threatening to spiral out of control with private firms, universities and charities claiming exclusive development rights over natural processes in the human body at the rate of 34,500 a month. For the first time, research commissioned by the Guardian reveals the awesome scale of the gene rush, as investors, scientists, entrepreneurs and lawyers use powerful new technology and obscure new laws to isolate and patent the genes which make us what we are - before they even understand what the genes do.''
Full story:
http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/genes/article/0,2763,397827,00.html
Reference by Slashdot.org:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/11/15/1323258
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