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The Crispr Revolution: What Editing Human Dna Reveals About The Patent System’S Dna, Robin C. Feldman
The Crispr Revolution: What Editing Human Dna Reveals About The Patent System’S Dna, Robin C. Feldman
Robin C Feldman
Not since the invention that launched Genentech and the entire biotech industry has a life science invention offered such promise. If CRISPR lives up to that promise, the technology could well be one of the greatest life science inventions of all time. Gene editing techniques existed before, of course, but they were slow, inaccurate, and expensive. The CRISPR invention is like moving from the manual typewriter to modern word processing.
As we stand at this remarkable threshold, what of the patent system? Companies are racing to develop commercial applications for CRISPR, and researchers are using the technology, even though it …
Whose Body Is It Anyway? Human Cells And The Strange Effects Of Property And Intellectual Property Law, Robin C. Feldman
Whose Body Is It Anyway? Human Cells And The Strange Effects Of Property And Intellectual Property Law, Robin C. Feldman
Robin C Feldman
Whatever else I might own in this world, it would seem intuitively obvious that I own the cells of my body. Where else could the notion of ownership begin, other than with the components of the tangible corpus that all would recognize as "me?" The law, however, does not view the issue so neatly and clearly, particularly when cells are no long in your body. As so often happens in law, we have reached this point, not by design, but by the piecemeal development of disparate notions that, when gathered together, form a strange and disconcerting picture.
This article examines …
Who Owns Your Body? A Study In Literature And Law, Lori B. Andrews
Who Owns Your Body? A Study In Literature And Law, Lori B. Andrews
Lori B. Andrews
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