Researchers Race to Patent SARS Virus

“Regardless of motive, the race to patent the SARS virus has revived the debate about the ethics of a pivotal U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1980 that cleared the way for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to award patents for living things, most notably individual human genes.” —Researchers Race to Patent SARS VirusAP/Daily Press)

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