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What Does Pharmaceutical Industry Expect of Patenting Human Genes and Living Organisms?

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Patenting of Human Genes and Living Organisms

Part of the book series: Veröffentlichungen aus der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften ((3027,volume 1993/94 / 1994/1))

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In a world of fears regarding gene technology where a novel, respectively film such as “Jurassic Parc” (by M. Crichton, [1]) determine peoples’ attitude towards gene sequencing, the rational discours of whether to patent human genes or those of living organisms seems almost impossible.

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Garthoff, B. (1994). What Does Pharmaceutical Industry Expect of Patenting Human Genes and Living Organisms?. In: Patenting of Human Genes and Living Organisms. Veröffentlichungen aus der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, vol 1993/94 / 1994/1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85153-7_20

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