The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has called for patent offices worldwide to work to ensure rules are more rigorously applied in applications involving genetic sequences.
A discussion paper, The Ethics of Patenting DNA , recommends changes to tighten up the procedures and to ensure the public could benefit from innovations.
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