a perennial favorite topic of debate. sound off in the replies.

  • Rivalarrival
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    1 year ago

    You can’t patent things that aren’t a process or a product, so no you can’t patent genes.

    Genes can be sliced and spliced with methods such as CRISPR. The genetic code that has been artificially transformed by such methods qualifies as a “product”. Yes, genes can be patented.