McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Jun;91(6):969-71. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2012.6.
I argue here that gene patents, and patented genetic tests based on them, are a very bad idea. First, I discuss whether genes can reasonably be the subject of patents in the first place; I maintain that the answer is no. Second, I explain how gene patents interfere with scientific progress, slowing down the development of new cures and treatments for genetic diseases.
我在这里主张,基因专利以及基于这些专利的基因检测是一个非常糟糕的主意。首先,我将讨论基因是否能被合理地授予专利;我认为答案是否定的。其次,我将解释基因专利如何干扰科学进步,减缓治疗遗传疾病的新方法和新疗法的发展。