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Publication Date: January 2007
Publisher: American Bar Association. Section of Science and Technology. Biotechnology Law Committee
Author(s): Shawna Williams
Research Area: Health; Law and ethics
Keywords: DNA patenting; Genetics
Type: Other
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Patenting human genes is a "massive social experiment," Robert Cook-Deegan declared early in a July 10, 2007 seminar on DNA patenting. The diversity of views at that event indicate there's no consensus on how that experiment will turn out, or on whether it should be conducted at all.
In Biotech Briefing, 2007, p.3-6.