By Dr. Mercola
'The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued thousands of patents on genes over the last few decades, including on about 20 percent of human genes. Biotechnology companies are among the leaders in seeking such patents to create diagnostic tests and drugs that are tailored to individual genes.
Because the genes are isolated from the human body, proponents say they are eligible for patents. However, the U.S. government recently changed its position on this issue and said that genes, whether human or otherwise, should not be eligible for patents because they are a part of nature.
The brief states that simply isolating a gene does not change its nature enough to make it patentable.'
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