Who Owns Your Genetic Material?

Scientific progress or an ethical minefield? Who owns your genes?

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Rebecca Skloot is the author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and a science writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine; Discover; Columbia Journalism Review; and many other publications. She is also a contributing editor at Popular Science magazine, and has worked as a correspondent for NPRs RadioLab and PBSs Nova ScienceNOW.

Daryl Pullman is a professor of Medical Ethics in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Timothy Caulfield is a professor of Law and the Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy at the University of Alberta.

Tom Hudson is president and scientific director of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.

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[Yahweigh]

owns? wtf

[TeenMommy2007]

cant they simple answer yes or no instead of beating around the bush!!!!

[brwneyesaz]

This example discussion gives us reason for free healthcare for all.

[cmonconan]

@Th3Wab3 Yes but you dont want a better world, just money. according to monsanto.

[langbei]

The book "Against Intellectual Monopoly", by Boldrin and Levine, deals with these (and related) issues and is available online.

[Th3Wab3]

@The34gl3 yes quite familiar i agree with a great deal. :-)

i agree with a lot

[The34gl3]

@Th3Wab3 Are you familiar with the zeitgeist movement?

[Th3Wab3]

all patents inhibit progress because it limits access and use of technologies, information, materials, processes etc.