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How do you feel about corporations owning genes within the human body?

Asked by shego (11093points) April 4th, 2010

I was watching 60 minutes and they were discussing a company called Myriad who patented the breast cancer gene which is creating a huge uproar about the ethics of ownership over naturally occurring genes within our bodies. Do you think Myriad (and other companies like them) have the right to patent parts of the human body or do you feel that things created by nature shouldn’t be allowed to be owned and profited from

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