Patently A Problem

The human genome is being privatised. Another corporate takeover. The genetic sequences that make up you and me are being patented and one Australian company, a hot item on the stock market, is aggressively enforcing a suite of patents that affect an extraordinary 95 percent of every living creature’s DNA. The company claims most laboratories around the world are infringing its patents — nature itself included — and the company is now trying to charge licence fees for this…